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Grand Trunk Bridge (Saskatoon)

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Official name
  
Grand Trunk Bridge

Maintained by
  
City of Saskatoon

Location
  
Saskatoon

Bridge type
  
Truss bridge

Materials
  
Steel, Concrete

Other name(s)
  
CN Railway Bridge

Opened
  
March 1908

Province
  
Saskatchewan

Body of water
  
South Saskatchewan River

Grand Trunk Bridge (Saskatoon)

Carries
  
Canadian National Railway tracks

Crosses
  
South Saskatchewan River

Locale
  
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Address
  
Circle Dr, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Similar
  
CPR Bridge, South Saskatchewan River, Gordie Howe Bridge, University Bridge, Senator Sid Buckwold

The Grand Trunk Bridge is a Canadian steel trestle railway bridge that spans the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was built in 1908 as part of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway project. The GTP was merged into the Canadian National Railway (CN) in 1920; as such, the structure is also referred to informally as the CN Railway Bridge.

The bridge is the southernmost of the city's two rail bridges and is situated between the Queen Elizabeth Power Station on the upstream (west) side and Diefenbaker Park on the downstream (east) side.

CN placed a chain link fence on both sides of the bridge as a result of people trespassing on the walkways. Based upon anecdotal evidence – that is, visual inspection of city maps – it appears to have the longest span of any Saskatoon bridge. The 2012 southwest extension of the city's Circle Drive freeway included the Circle Drive South Bridge, built parallel to the Grand Trunk Bridge.

References

Grand Trunk Bridge (Saskatoon) Wikipedia