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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
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Completed in 1900, the Low Level Bridge 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
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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.
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in 1905). It was originally known simply as the Edmonton Bridge or the Inter-Urban Bridge (connecting the towns of
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and Edmonton) until it became known as the Low Level Bridge some time after the completion of the
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This article is about the bridge in Edmonton. For the former bridge in Virginia, see
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used the bridge from the removal of the streetcar track in 1939 until 1965.
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Rivers and Rails: Central Alberta's Transcontinental Railways
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Low Level Bridge (Edmonton)
Low Level Bridge (Fairmont, West Virginia)

Coordinates
53°32′17″N 113°29′13″W / 53.53806°N 113.48694°W / 53.53806; -113.48694
North Saskatchewan River
Edmonton
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
Pratt truss
Daily traffic
North Saskatchewan River
Edmonton
Canadian Northern Railway
Strathcona
High Level Bridge
North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915
Streetcars
gauntlet track
Trolley buses
Edmonton trolley bus system
List of crossings of the North Saskatchewan River
List of bridges in Canada
"AAWDT"


A15485


ISBN
0-919130-33-X

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