Clover Bar Bridge

Clover Bar Bridge
Official name	Clover Bar Bridge Beverly Bridge
Carries	Alberta Highway 16
Crosses	North Saskatchewan River
Locale	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Construction end	North span: 1952 South span: 1972
Coordinates	53°34′20″N 113°22′20″W / 53.5721°N 113.3721°W / 53.5721; -113.3721

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 the 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.

References

1. ^ EPL.ca: Infofile: Bridges - Edmonton
2. ^ Naming Edmonton: from Ada to Zoie

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Photographs of second span construction

Preceded by Three pedestrian bridges	Bridge across the North Saskatchewan River	Succeeded by Clover Bar Railway Bridge
Preceded by Capilano Bridge	Road bridge across the North Saskatchewan River	Succeeded by Highway 15 Bridge