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Low Level Bridge (Edmonton)

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Official name
  
Low Level Bridge

Opened
  
1900

Body of water
  
North Saskatchewan River

Number of spans
  
4

Design
  
Through Pratt truss

Province
  
Alberta

Carry
  
Pedestrian

Location
  
Canada, Edmonton

Low Level Bridge (Edmonton)

Carries
  
Motor vehicles, pedestrians

Crosses
  
North Saskatchewan River

Locale
  
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Heritage status
  
Edmonton Register of Historic Resources, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering National Historic Engineering site

Address
  
Connors Rd NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Similar
  
High Level Bridge, James MacDonald Bridge, Walterdale Bridge, Dawson Bridge, Groat Bridge

The Low Level Bridge is a bridge that spans the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Completed in 1900, this was the first bridge across the North Saskatchewan River. A railway track was added in 1902 to accommodate the Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway (amalgamated with the Canadian Northern Railway in 1905). Streetcars used the bridge (on a gauntlet track) from 1908 to 1939. Trolley buses used the bridge from the removal of the streetcar track in 1939 until 1965. Originally known simply as the Edmonton Bridge, the bridge became known as the Low Level Bridge some time after the completion of the High Level Bridge. In 1948 a twin span was added to the south of the original span. The railway track was removed from the original span in 1954.

References

Low Level Bridge (Edmonton) Wikipedia