Bridging the gap: the $24M plan for Highway 400 to cross the French River – CBC

Sep 15, 2016

Two new bridges over French River expected to open to traffic in 2019

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Ministry of Transportation area manager Jason Ranger walks along a strip of bare rock leading to the edge of the canyon of the French River.

The preliminary work has just begun on building two new $12 million bridges that will carry the new four lane highway, soon to be called 400 instead of 69, across the historic river.

“When you start on a planning phase, it’s just a blank sheet, so you have to figure out ‘Where are we going to put the highway,'” says Ranger, who’s based out of the ministry’s North Bay office.