page_title: Rochfort Bridge
hierarchical_section_title: Rochfort Bridge
caption_attribution_description: English: 2ND LONGEST WOODEN TRESTLE BRIDGE IN THE WORLD, 2,414 FEET CARRIERS THE CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY OVER A HIGHWAY AND THE PADDLE RIVER near the hamlet of Rochfort Bridge in Lac Ste. Anne County, Alberta, Canada.
context_page_description: Rochfort Bridge is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County. It is located approximately 105 kilometres northwest of Edmonton and 8 kilometres east of Mayerthorpe. Rochfort Bridge is named for Cooper Rochfort, who with his associate, Percy Michaelson, homesteaded on the Paddle River at the point where the old trail from Lac Ste. Anne to the MacLeod River crossed the Paddle River.
  One of North America’s longest wooden train trestles is located just east of the hamlet, which crosses over the Paddle River valley and Highway 43.
context_section_description: Rochfort Bridge is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County. It is located approximately 105 kilometres (65 mi) northwest of Edmonton and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of Mayerthorpe.  Rochfort Bridge is named for Cooper (Cowper) Rochfort, who with his associate, Percy Michaelson, homesteaded on the Paddle River at the point where the old trail from Lac Ste. Anne to the MacLeod River crossed the Paddle River. 
  One of North America’s longest wooden train trestles is located just east of the hamlet, which crosses over the Paddle River valley and Highway 43.
caption: The Rochfort Trestle Bridge
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