EDMONTON ROADS
The high level bridge was completed in 1913 and was the first bridge in Canada to carry four modes of transportation: rail, streetcar, automobile and pedestrian. The structure is 0.8 km long and stands 46.3m above mean river level. Taken July 2002
High Level Bridge
Looking south on 109 Street approaching the High Level bridge. Notice the height restriction
Traffic at 97 Avenue queing to cross the bridge.
The western approach. The embankment on the left carries the street car tracks on the upper level of the bridge.
Check your mirrors! The lanes on the bridge are a substandard 2.68m.
Low Level/James MacDonald Bridges
Crossing the James MacDonald Bridge, heading East.
View taken from the North Bank, the Low Level Bridge is in the foreground, while the James MacDonald brige is behind. (2 pictures)
View on the bridge.
Overview of the bridge (with the Light Rail Transit bridge in the foreground).
Another view of the bridge, this time in October.
The Low Level Bridge was the first Edmonton area bridge, built in 1903. (At the time it connected Edmonton to Strathcona on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River.) The 6-lane James MacDonald Bridge was built in 1973, largely to ease traffic congestion on the Low Level Bridge. Taken September 2002
The interchange on the East end of the bridge.
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Approaching Downtown from the south via the low-level bridge.
