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Polygonal Warren through truss bridge Oversized semi-truck load carrying drilling equipment from Alberta clipped top steel girder causing bridge collapse. 0 killed, 3 injured One 167 foot span collapsed. Truss bridges like this one require both the top and the bottom to remain equal in strength and solidity.
The Peace Bridge has drawn much criticism from the public, namely: There are three other pedestrian bridges 275m west, 400m west, and 900m east, from its location. However, the Peace Bridge is the only bridge, in Calgary, to provide dedicated bicycle lanes crossing the Bow River. The design was single-sourced. [16]
The Lethbridge Viaduct, commonly known as the High Level Bridge, is a railway trestle bridge over the Oldman River in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.Constructed between 1907 and 1909 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, it is the largest railway structure in Canada and the largest of its type in the world, and is still regularly maintained and used over a century since its construction.
Centre Street Bridge under construction in 1915. It was built by The City of Calgary in 1916 for $375,000. It replaced the MacArthur Bridge, a steel truss bridge built in 1907 by a land developer called the Centre Street Bridge Company Limited [1] [2] The MacArthur Bridge was destroyed by a flood in 1915. Centre Street Bridge was designed by ...
The Reconciliation Bridge (formerly the Langevin Bridge) is a through truss bridge in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It connects Downtown Calgary with north-central Calgary communities such as Bridgeland and Crescent Heights, by spanning the Bow River between 4th Avenue South and Memorial Drive. The bridge is part of the Bow River pathway system.
Canada's longest bridge is the Confederation Bridge in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with a total of 12,910 metres (8.02 mi) between abutments, it's also the world's longest bridge over ice-covered water. More than 5,000 local workers helped with the project, which cost about $1 billion.
The governor says he heard nothing about a plan to close the Washington Bridge until about two hours before it was announced. McKee said he should have been told sooner about catastrophic problems ...
The previous Walterdale Bridge (formerly called the 105 Street Bridge, renamed in 1967) [4] was a steel grating-decked truss bridge.It was built in 1913 by the Dominion Bridge Company and was named after John Walter, an early settler who ran a ferry at this approximate location. [5]