The Low Level Bridge is a bridge that spans the
North Saskatchewan River in
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
, Alberta, Canada. Completed in 1900, this was the first bridge across the North Saskatchewan River.
[ It was designed to carry a railway, and a railway track was added in 1902 to accommodate the Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway (amalgamated with the Canadian Northern Railway in 1905).][Lane, Dennis. "First train into Edmonton". Provincial Archives of Alberta]
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Streetcars used the bridge (on a gauntlet track
Gauntlet track or interlaced track (also gantlet track) is an arrangement in which railway tracks run parallel on a single track bed and are interlaced (i.e., overlapped) in such a way that only one pair of rails can be used at any time. Since th ...
) from 1908 to 1939.[
Originally known simply as the Edmonton Bridge or the Inter-Urban Bridge (connecting the towns of Strathcona and Edmonton), the bridge became known as the Low Level Bridge some time after the completion of the High Level Bridge.
In 1948 a twin span of the same design was added upstream of the original span. The new span was originally used for vehicle traffic in both directions, with the original span being reserved for railway use. When the railway track was removed from the original span in 1954, that bridge was widened and then used for two lanes of west-bound traffic. The 1948 bridge has carried all east-bound traffic since the widening of the original span.]
See also
* List of bridges in Canada
References
External links
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Bridges in Edmonton
Road bridges in Alberta
Bridges completed in 1900
Bridges completed in 1948
Tourist attractions in Edmonton
Railway bridges in Alberta
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