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Spuzzum to Lytton |
Spuzzum to Lytton
Several road builders signed contracts to build a section of the Cariboo Wagon Road. Thomas Spence and Josph Trutch agreed to build 66 kilometers of road along the Fraser River from Spuzzum to Lytton. As payment, the partners could collect tolls on the road for five years charging travellers up to 25 cents for each of their animals. Joseph Trutch agreed to build the first bridge across the Fraser River.
On February 2, 1863, Joseph Trutch undertook to build a suspension bridge, to be called Alexandria Bridge. The bridge carried the road over a narrow part of the river near Spuzzum. This was the first suspension bridge
The bridge was finished in September 1863 at a cost of about $45,000.
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