Mile 145 Kuskulana River Bridge

The Kuskulana River Bridge at mile 145 was the last steel bridge on the CR&NW. Like the others, it was not built by Michael Heney, the contractor, but by the Katalla Company, named for the earlier 1907 effort to build toward the copper mines. Here are construction photos:

These two shots may have been taken from the same train:


Here is a view from the canyon floor:

Beginning at 1:36 of this video, there is a sequence crossing this bridge.

The bridge is still in existence and is used on the highway between Chitina and McCarthy.