Kuskulana Bridge
An old railway steel bridge on McCarthy Road, built in 1910, about 160 m long and about 73 m above the valley floor; driving across it reveals the deep gorge below.
Kuskulana Bridge is a steel truss bridge left behind by the Copper River and Northwestern Railway. It was built in just a few months of winter construction in 1910 and spans the Kuskulana River gorge, with the deck about 73 m above the valley floor. After the railway closed, it long carried only wooden planks and had no guardrails. Guardrails were added in 1988, and it became a landmark on McCarthy Road. There are places to pull over on the road before and after the bridge, and you can step onto the bridge to look down at the rushing river in the gorge. It lies roughly 27 km from Chitina.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Gilahina Trestle
- McCarthy Road
- Chitina
- Liberty Falls State Recreation Site
- Kennicott Glacier
- Kennicott River Footbridge
- McCarthy
- Root Glacier