Alexandra Bridge
| Feature Type: | Bridge - A structure built to span and afford passage across a waterway, railroad, ravine, etc. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Spans the Fraser River just NE of Spuzzum, between Yale and Boston Bar, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°42'04"N, 121°24'36"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 August 1974 on 92 H/11. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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There have been three Alexandra Bridges: the original suspension bridge, completed about 1866, named after HRH the Princess of Wales; replaced by another suspension bridge c1926-27 which is still standing though not in use; the most recent Alexandra Bridge was opened a few years ago a short distance downstream (1974 information). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |