Page 4: Present Day King's Highway 71 Photographs (Sioux Narrows to Kenora)

Above - Looking west along the channel towards the Sioux Narrows Bridge
(Photograph courtesy of Ted Tanberg - © 2000)

Left - World's longest single span wooden bridge on Hwy 71 at Sioux Narrows
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Looking west along shores of Sioux Narrows under the Sioux Narrows Bridge
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - South approach to Sioux Narrows Bridge, driving north on Hwy 71
(Photograph taken in August 2001 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - North approach to Sioux Narrows Bridge, driving south on Hwy 71
(Photograph taken in August 2001 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - South end of Sioux Narrows Bridge on Hwy 71
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - North end of Sioux Narrows Bridge on Hwy 71
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - View of Sioux Narrows Bridge from small park on Northeast shore
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Looking underneath the Sioux Narrows Bridge. Bridge completed in 1936
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Western side of Sioux Narrows Bridge as seen from the point
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - West side of bridge showing approach trestle at north end of bridge
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - South end of the Sioux Narrows Bridge as seen from the sidewalk on west side of bridge
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Close-up of one of the Sioux Narrows Bridge's wooden cross-braces on bridge's east side
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Plaque indicating the bridge's status as the World's longest single span wooden bridge
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Centre - The sidewalk was added to the bridge almost 50 years after its completion in 1936
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - The construction methods used to build this bridge out of timber beams is most intricate!
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - View of Sioux Narrows Bridge and northern trestle approach from the northwest shore
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Trouble ahead? Load restrictions were imposed on the Sioux Narrows Bridge in 2002.
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)

Above - Abandoned Hwy 71 alignment between Sioux Narrows and Reed Narrows
(Photograph taken on August 26, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
More King's Highway 71 Photographs Coming Soon!
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