The Terwillegar Park Footbridge is a pedestrian bridge that crosses the
North Saskatchewan River in
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. At in length, it is the longest
stressed ribbon bridge
A stressed ribbon bridge (also stress-ribbon bridge or catenary bridge) is a tension structure (similar in many ways to a simple suspension bridge). The suspension cables are embedded in the deck, which follows a catenary arc between supports. ...
in Canada and second longest in the world after the
David Kreitzer Lake Hodges Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge
The Lake Hodges Bridge is a component of Interstate 15 in California, Interstate 15 that spans Lake Hodges in San Diego, just south of the city limits of Escondido, California. Lake Hodges Bridge is an important part of San Diego's north–south t ...
in Escondido, California, United States. The bridge is a first for the city and was built to connect
Terwillegar Park
Terwillegar Heights is a residential area in the southwest portion of the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. It was established in 1992 through Edmonton City Council's adoption of the Terwillegar Heights Servicing Concept Design Brief, which gui ...
in the southern side with Oleskiw River Valley Park on the north side of the river. It opened to the public on October 21, 2016.
Design
The surface of the bridge consists of 86 precast deck panels, each being approximately 2.64 metres long and 5.3 metres wide. The panels are held by 162 individual steel cables that are anchored on each side of the bridge.
The bridge cost $24.5 million CAD.
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List of crossings of the North Saskatchewan River
This is a list of crossings of the North Saskatchewan River in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta from the river's confluence with the South Saskatchewan River upstream to its source.
Tables
Saskatchewan
Alberta
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References
External links
Terwillegar Park Footbridge page
Bridges in Edmonton
Bridges completed in 2016
Pedestrian bridges in Canada
Stressed ribbon bridges in Canada
Suspension bridges in Canada
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