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Captain William Moore Bridge, Alaska
Captain William Moore Bridge is located along South Klondike Highway near Skagway and it crosses an active earthquake fault, with the White Pass & Yukon train route passing by the bridge. The engineers were aware of a potential for disaster when their first built the bridge in 1901, this is why this asymmetric cable-stayed bridge is anchored only one end of it securely, so when the ground below shifts, the bridge isn’t torn apart.
The 110-foot-long cantilever bridge bears the name of William Moore who was a steamship captain, businessman, miner and explorer in British Columbia and Alaska, during the time of British Columbia’s gold rushes.
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