In 1884, the government called tenders for a ferry across the Columbia at Spillimacheen, which commenced operations at that time. In 1896, P. Lambridge (Lambrich alternative spelling) built a large scow ferry. The ferry was subsidized 1908–1912. to Being unstaffed, passengers moved the vessel by pulling on the cable. The 1912 replacement was a manned swing bridge, which comprised a swing span, with an adjoining king post truss. The bridge was upgraded in the early 1930s, and a running deck installed two decades later. The bridge was reconstructed in the late 1950s and replaced by a concrete structure in the late 1990s.
