Berens River Bridge The Berens River bridge that will be needed to complete the all-season road will presumably be big ticket capital cost item. Even though it will be government funded, it’s likely a secondary priority at the moment, because it’s not needed right away. The crossing can be made all-season, or almost-all-season, simply by complimenting the winter ice road with a barge service in the summer. In fact, it would probably be foolish to expend a big chuck of capital on non-critical infrastructure at this stage of the project.