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WINNIPEG — , a bridge engineering and supply company, has announced one of its modular steel bridges has been installed by Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure (MTI) to reconnect a major route after the emergency closure of a bridge in the south-central part of the province.

The Acrow detour bridge is part of the modular bridging inventory held by MTI for planned and emergency use.

Provincial Trunk Highway 3 (PTH 3) near the community of Brunkild is southwest of Winnipeg. A bridge on PTH 3 that crosses over the Morris River was closed because of geotechnical instability, a release explains.

A detour route was initially established but brought highway traffic to smaller residential roads on PTH 13 and PTH 2. Residents expressed concern regarding the detour, noting these smaller roadways were likely to suffer damage from such heavy traffic, as they were not designed or built to handle such volume.

“MTI was able to respond to these issues quickly because it maintains a significant inventory of Acrow’s modular bridging components which were available for immediate use,” the release states. “Having an Acrow detour bridge as an asset meant MTI could quickly engineer and assemble the bridge to the PTH 3 site specifications.”

The Acrow 700XS® was installed by MTI’s team and opened to traffic on Nov. 8, 2025. The structure has a length of 39.62 metres and a roadway width of 7.35 metres.

The bridge was installed with a crane-assisted launch and was finished with an epoxy aggregate deck. The temporary structure will stay in use until late 2026, when the permanent bridge over Morris River is expected to be completed.