The nearly 60-year-old Overlanders Bridge still has a lot of life left, according to Kamloops city staff.

Planning and procurement manager Dave Hallinan says the city won’t have to consider replacing it for at least 41 years, which would be 2060, and he says until then the bridge can serve commuters as is with regular maintenance.

He says the life expectancy of the Overlanders, which was built in 1961, was extended 25-30 years because of upgrades done five years ago, worth more than $10 million.

The Overlanders the is the largest asset of “bridge infrastructure” that the city owns.

“So as an example, we have Overlanders Bridge but then we also own the bridge out by Lafarge. And then some of the overpasses in the city are also classified as a bridge. And contained in that grouping are culverts and some other things that are bridge-esque, for lack of a better word.”

Hallinan says it would cost about $131 million dollars to replace it with a similar bridge, based on a recent cost analysis done by the city.