Bridge Name: | Brilliant Suspension Bridge |
Carries: | footbridge |
Crosses: | Kootenay River |
Locale: | Brilliant, British Columbia, Canada |
Open: | 1913; 1995 |
Closed: | 1966 |
Coordinates: | 49.3175°N -117.6297°W |
The Brilliant Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Kootenay River near Castlegar, British Columbia.[1] It was built in 1913 by Doukhobors settled in the area to replace a ferry across the river. In 1966, the new Highway 3A bridge replaced this one, and it was abandoned. Restoration began in the early 1990s, and the bridge was declared a national historic site in 1995.[2] It reopened as a footbridge in 2010.