The Million Dollar Bridge is a bridge that spans the Copper River in the state of Alaska. This bridge was built in 1908 and cost 1.5 million dollars. It served the purpose of transporting copper ore from the Kennecott Copper Mine across the Copper river and all the way to Cordova using railroad cars. It was used for thirty years until the Kennecott Copper Mine closed. In 1958 it was changed from a railway bridge to a vehicle bridge It received major damaged in the 1964 earthquake.