The Canadian Northern Railway Bridge is a Canadian railway bridge that spans the North Saskatchewan River in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

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The bridge was built by the Canadian Northern Railway between 1907 and 1909 with the superstructure supplied by the

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. Originally designed as a joint railway and road bridge the bridge consisted of a centre rail line with extensions on each side for traffic. These traffic lanes remained in use until 1960 when the nearby Diefenbaker Bridge opened. The layout of the bridge consisted of three steel trusses, a

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truss and two additional fixed trusses. The centre swing span was used to permit the passage of

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s on the river and movement of logs until 1918 when the downstream sawmill shut down operations and a dam was constructed downstream in 1937. In 1939 the Department of Transport granted the railway permission to convert the moveable span into a fixed span.

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{{reflist Buildings and structures in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Canadian National Railway bridges in Canada Railway bridges in Saskatchewan Bridges completed in 1909 Bridges over the North Saskatchewan River Transport in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

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