Gordie Howe Bridge, Road bridge in Saskatoon, Canada.
The Gordie Howe Bridge is a six-lane road bridge spanning 440 meters across the South Saskatchewan River. The structure features reinforced concrete and steel construction, connecting two sections of the Circle Drive freeway.
The bridge was completed in 2013 to improve traffic connections across Saskatoon. The project faced delays due to severe weather conditions, including heavy rainfall and early winter storms during construction.
The bridge was called Circle Drive South Bridge until 27 June 2016, when city council voted unanimously to name it after Gordie Howe, the recently deceased hockey legend. Signs with the new name went up on 22 September 2016. A sports facility and a campground bearing his name stand just north of the bridge.
The bridge serves vehicle traffic and connects the eastern and western sections of the city. Visitors can view the structure from the river or from nearby streets and parks along the route.
The bridge was first called simply the Circle Drive South Bridge. The Holiday Park community association lobbied for the name Christopher J. Yorath, the city's first commissioner, whose 1913 town plan laid out encircling boulevards that parts of Circle Drive still follow. Council scrapped a naming contest over cost, then voted unanimously on June 27, 2016, to honour Gordie Howe; new signs went up that September.
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