Hammers swing on Nipigon Bridge.

• Position: TRANSPORTATION - Highway bridge construction - Brief article

Bot Construction is ready to drop the hammer this month on a new highway bridge over the Nipigon River in northwestern Ontario.

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It's part of the government's larger project to widen a 104-kilometre stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway between Thunder Bay and Nipigon.

Oakville-based Bot was awarded the $106-million contract for the bridge structure which will be completed sometime in 2017.

The four-lane, cable-supported bridge and walkway will be the first of its kind in the provincial highway system. Three towers with cables will support the bridge deck.

Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle expects...