Clover Bar Bridge, Road bridge in Edmonton, Canada
Clover Bar Bridge is a road bridge that crosses the North Saskatchewan River and connects different parts of Edmonton via Alberta Highway 16. The structure carries traffic between Beverly and the eastern sections of the metropolitan area.
The original truss bridge opened in 1953, connecting Beverly with Strathcona County during Alberta's post-war infrastructure development. A second steel girder bridge was added in 1972 to handle increasing traffic volumes in the expanding region.
The name Beverly comes from the former town on the east bank, which Edmonton amalgamated in 1961, eight years after the first span opened. The Yellowhead Trail name carried by the crossing honours the Yellowhead Pass route across the Rockies. The railway bridge just north, 504 m long and 42 m high, still carries Canadian National's main line.
The Clover Bar and Beverly bridges carry six lanes of Yellowhead Trail (Highway 16) across the North Saskatchewan River, with the original 1953 truss span and the 1972 steel girder span running side by side. The Clover Bar Railway Bridge, 504 m long and 42 m high, stands just north of the original span and still carries Canadian National Railway's main line.
Just north of the road span stands the Clover Bar Railway Bridge, 504 metres long and 42 metres high, built in 1907–1908 as an iron and concrete truss by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. It still carries Canadian National Railway's main line, so a train may cross while you drive over the road bridge.
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