High Level Bridge, Edmonton

Posted on 15 September 2016 by Isabel Gibson

What a trip to Alberta: I bagged two High Level Bridges. The one in Lethbridge is longer, higher, more imposing overall. This one, I’ve known since I was young, and that counts for something.

I tried standing in two places, and would like to try some more. Maybe on a nicer day . . .

Full span of trestle bridge across North Saskatchewan River.

View from the (wait for it) . . . Low Level Bridge.

 

Trestle rail bridge across muddy North Saskatchewan River.

View from the grounds of the Alberta Legislature.

 

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3 Responses to High Level Bridge, Edmonton

  1. Jim Taylor says:
    18 September 2016 at 3:41 pm

    Do they still pump millions of gallons (or 4.5 times as many litres) of water off the High Level Bridge each summer to create Edmonton’s own Niagara Falls?
    Jim T

    • Isabel Gibson says:
      18 September 2016 at 8:12 pm

      Jim T – Well, I don’t know. Wiki says it was in abeyance as of 2014 (environmental concerns and cost), but it doesn’t have any more-recent update.

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