Canadian Pacific's Mission Bridge was badly
damaged when a barge collided,with it early
Wednesday Jun 2. A CPR maintence person at the
bridge Wed,afternoon says it will be out of
service for two weeks. There is considerable
damage to the cribbing in the upriver side and
apparently the
bridge is tilted at a 15 degree angle in the open
position with the up river side up in the air.
The bridge which crosses the Fraser River to
Abbotsford(formerly Matsqui) sees upwards of 25-30 trains a day,which
include CP Coal and Containers
trains,Via's Canadian and the Sumas local.
CN will run 1 CP train each 4 hours,crossing over
at Nepa one mile east of Basque.
Ken Storey,Cam,and Helmut
