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Deh Cho Bridge [1 record]

Record 1 2019-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
OBS

The Deh Cho Bridge is a 1.045 kilometre cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Mackenzie River near Fort Providence on Highway 3.

OBS

In South Slavey, "cho" is a suffix meaning "big." In accordance with the rules of the language, a suffix does not comprise a word on its own and must be compounded with another word to be grammatically correct. While the single-word spelling of Dehcho is now understood to be correct, the alternative spelling continues to be popular. As the Department of Transportation has adopted Deh Cho as the correct spelling in the past, the official name of the bridge at Fort Providence is the Deh Cho Bridge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
OBS

Le pont de Deh Cho est un pont traversant le fleuve Mackenzie près de Fort Providence dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest. Inauguré le 30 novembre 2012, [...] il s'agit du premier pont traversant le fleuve Mackenzie et le premier lien fixe entre la région du Slave Nord et l'Alberta.

Spanish

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