William R. Bennett Bridge | |
|---|---|
 The bridge seen from Kelowna City Park | |
| Coordinates | 49°52′47″N 119°30′43″W / 49.879648°N 119.511852°W |
| Carries | 5 lanes of Highway 97, pedestrians and bicycles |
| Crosses | Okanagan Lake |
| Locale | Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada |
| Official name | William R. Bennett Bridge |
| Maintained by | Protrans WRB Bridge (SNC-Lavalin) |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Pontoon bridge |
| Longest span | 44 metres (144 ft) |
| Clearance below | 18 metres (59 ft) |
| History | |
| Opened | May 25, 2008 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 50,000 vehicles |
| Location | |
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The William R. Bennett Bridge is a pontoon bridge in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. Completed on May 25, 2008, the bridge replaced the older Okanagan Lake Bridge built in 1958 to link Downtown Kelowna to West Kelowna across Okanagan Lake as part of Highway 97.
On April 21, 2005, Premier Gordon Campbell officially renamed the bridge, then the Okanagan Lake Bridge, the William R. Bennett Bridge in honour of former premier Bill Bennett, a native of Kelowna.
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