Help us celebrate a truly historic milestone!
P lease join the Alaska Oil & Gas Historical Society for a special Community Celebration honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Yukon River Bridge completion. The half-mile-long span is one of only four vehicle-carrying bridges across the Yukon River, the longest river in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. The bridge was constructed in 1974-75 as part of the construction of the Trans- Alaska Pipeline System and officially opened in October 1975. The bridge provides a river crossing for the pipeline and allows vehicle access to the Dalton Highway, the major supply line for the North Slope. The construction cost at the time was $30 million, according to Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. The bridge was officially named E.L. Patton Yukon River Bridge by the Alaska Legislature in 1982, after E.L. Patton, the President of Alyeska during pipeline construction. A monument to Patton was later dedicated in October 1982. The bridge is 30 feet wide, with six spans, and was designed to withstand temperatures
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up to 60-degrees below zero Fahrenheit, huge ice loads from the river, and truck loads hauling supplies to oil fields and the oil pipeline. During the past 30
years, the timber decking has been replaced several times — in 1981, 1992, 1999 and 2007, according to the Alaska Department of Transportation.
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