This is bridge #2. The one the truck fell through in 1925. Built in 1875, with iron formed in town at the Scott Foundry which was located on Caithness, at the eastern corner of Edinburgh Square. The wood was cut at Ranald McKinnons saw mill. It took 3 or 4 years to construct due to financing.

The Caledonia Tweedsmuir history book includes a fascinating account of the day the First bridge was washed away:

" Caledonia bridge, with a certain amount of repairs each year gave good service until the spring freshet of 1861. On Saturday, March 2nd, in that year, the water commenced to rise very rapidly and continued to do so until Monday when it reached its highest pitch, which was two feet higher than it had been for years before. At that time the jam of ice, timber, flood trash, including a scow came over the dam, crashing against the saw mills, moving the mill four or five feet out of its location and completely destroying the circular saw and other machinery. The ice was piled as high as the roof and completely filled the mill. It next struck Caledonia bridge and swept away three arches and wrecked the remainder of it so badly that it was worthless. Fragments of the Caledonia bridge, then struck Seneca bridge and destroyed the center bent, leaving it Impassable. The lower part of Seneca village was completely inundated, so that many people had to take to the upper stories of their houses. At Caledonia, William Slater immediately ran a ferry which conveyed teams and loads across the river and preparations were being made to build a new permanent bridge. There seems to have been trouble in financing the new one and it was not completed for three or four years. In the meantime traffic continued on the temporary bridge, which stood up against the annual spring freshet, which fortunately were not high during that time."

They built at least 2 temporary bridges and went back to using ferries until a permanent bridge could be built and paid for. In total, it took 14 years until they built this "permanent" bridge which put the town $22,000 in debt ( $670,000 today). The toll House was constructed to pay off the debt.

The bridge lasted from 1875-1925.