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In 1958, a bridge was built between Kelowna and the Westside. It was a floating bridge because the lake was so deep that it would have been difficult to sink the support columns of a fixed bridge. There was a lot of boat traffic that could not pass under the bridge’s regular span. So the new bridge had a lift span on one end. The lift span could be raised 60 feet (18 metres) above the water line. Also in 1958, the Bennett government decided to build a new road between Revelstoke and Golden. Travellers would not have to use the rough Big Bend route going through Mica Creek that was built in 1940. The new highway through Rogers Pass went across difficult terrain, and it took 4 years to finish. But when this 92-mile (148-kilometre) stretch of road was opened in July, 1962, the Trans-Canada Highway was officially declared complete.
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