Baxter Bridge Replacement
2018-2025 | Enderby, British Columbia
The Ministry of Transportation and Transit required a safe, durable replacement for the aging single-lane Baxter Bridge while maintaining traffic during construction and minimizing impacts to adjacent properties and environmentally sensitive habitat along the Shuswap River.
McElhanney delivered a conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design for a new 134 m two-lane steel girder bridge, evaluating four roadway alignments and three bridge options per alignment through a multiple account evaluation. Advancing a three-span structure on a new upstream alignment enabled traffic to remain on the existing bridge during construction. The design also supported environmentally sensitive construction through incremental launching and reduced long-term maintenance risk by limiting deck joints to the abutments.
McElhanney provided:
- Conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design
- Bridge and highway engineering
- Environmental management plan
- Environmental permit applications
- Environmental compensation offsetting measures
- Utility relocation drawings
- Land acquisition drawings
