Downtown Whitehorse draft trail plan includes Yukon River bridge crossings

Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
Date: 2026-10-20 20:34:43.0
Tags: [National, Infrastructure, Transportation, Municipal]

The City of Whitehorse, in conjunction with landscape architectural firm Lees+Associates, has presented a draft downtown trail plan featuring two potential Yukon River bridge crossings to improve active transportation and connectivity. One conceptual bridge is proposed near Main Street to connect the waterfront trail to Wickstrom Road near the hospital, while a second multimodal bridge is planned at the northern end of Industrial Road. City officials noted that constructing a single active transportation bridge would cost upwards of $30 million, requiring significant federal capital funding. Additionally, the plan addresses the rehabilitation of the airport trail damaged by landslides, with the City of Whitehorse and the Yukon Government coordinating escarpment stabilization and upper-trail restoration efforts.