Miles Glacier Bridge
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The Miles Glacier Bridge, also known as the Million Dollar Bridge, was built in the early 1900s across the Copper River 50 miles from Cordova in what is now the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a multiple-
Miles Glacier Bridge in 2008. The far left span as seen in this photo shows the repairs performed in 2004.
Damage done by the earthquake, with the temporary fixes performed to make the bridge usable
The Copper River and Northwestern Railway consisted of two rail lines, the Copper River line and the Northwestern line. Michael James Heney had secured the right-of-way up the Copper River in 1904. He
Miles Glacier Bridge
…in what is now the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a multiple-span Pennsylvania truss bridge which completed a 196-mile (315 km) railroad line for the Copper River and Northwestern Railway, built by J. P. Morgan and the Guggenheim family to haul copper from the old mining town of Kennicott, now located within the Wrangell–St. Elias National…
A disused CR&NW bridge along McCarthy Road
Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark historical marker for the CR&NW