Petrofka Bridge

{{Short description|Bridge in Canada}}

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|official_name = Petrofka Bridge

|carries = Highway 12

|crosses = North Saskatchewan River

|locale = South of Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada

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|begin = 1960

|complete = 1963

|open = September 26, 1963

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|coordinates = {{coord|52|38|43|N|106|50|36|W}}

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The Petrofka Bridge is a Canadian bridge that spans the North Saskatchewan River south of Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan.{{cite web

|url = http://www.petrofkaorchard.com/petrofkaBridge.html

|title = Petrofka Bridge

|publisher = Petrofka Bridge Orchard

|accessdate = 2011-04-14

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715071154/http://www.petrofkaorchard.com/petrofkaBridge.html

|archive-date = 2011-07-15

|url-status = dead

}} The bridge was named after Petrofka, a Doukhobor village near the bridge site.{{cite web

|url = http://www.doukhobor.org/Petrofka.htm

|title = Petrofka

|last = Kalmakoff

|first = Jonathan

|publisher = Doukhobor Genealogy Website

|accessdate = 2011-04-14

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120211061345/http://www.doukhobor.org/Petrofka.htm

|archive-date = 2012-02-11

|url-status = dead

}} The bridge replaced the Petrofka and Laird ferry crossings that were near the bridge.{{cite web

|url = http://scaa.sk.ca/gallery/labour/search.html?ID=36554&field=occupation&search=827&page=

|title = Collections

|work = At Work: Historical Images of Labour in Saskatchewan

|publisher = University of Saskatchewan Archives

|date = 2010

|accessdate = 2011-04-14}}