Clover Bar Bridge
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| Clover Bar Bridge | |
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| Official name | Clover Bar Bridge Beverly Bridge |
| Carries | Alberta Highway 16 |
| Crosses | North Saskatchewan River |
| Locale | Edmonton |
| Completion date | North span: 1952 South span: 1972 |
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The Clover Bar Bridge is a pair of bridges that span the North Saskatchewan River in the city of Edmonton. The twin spans carry 3 lanes each of Yellowhead Trail, the name given to Alberta Highway 16 within Edmonton city limits.
The original truss span was completed in 1952 [1], and connected Beverly with mostly rural Strathcona County. Beverly was amalgamated with the City of Edmonton 9 years later. Once the original span could no longer handle traffic volume a steel girder bridge was built just to the south to carry eastbound traffic. This bridge, completed in 1972 is called the Beverly Bridge [2].
The Clover Bar Railway Bridge is just to the north of the original span.
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Photographs of second span construction
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