Dudley B. Menzies Bridge

Dudley B. Menzies Bridge
Coordinates	53°31′50″N 113°30′44″W / 53.530574°N 113.512098°WCoordinates: 53°31′50″N 113°30′44″W / 53.530574°N 113.512098°W
Carries	Two tracks of the Edmonton LRT; public walkway supported beneath the bridge
Crosses	North Saskatchewan River
Locale	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Official name	Dudley B. Menzies Bridge
Characteristics
Width	10 m (33 ft)
Longest span	530 m (1,740 ft)
History
Construction cost	$13.3 million[1]
Opened	August 1992
Dudley B. Menzies Bridge Location in Edmonton

Edmonton LRT
Legend
min. running time Northeast LRT to Gorman future 0 Clareview Hwy 15 (50 Street) 137 Avenue D.L. MacDonald Yard 3 Belvedere CN Lines Hwy 16 (Yellowhead Trail) Wayne Gretzky Drive 6 Coliseum 118 Avenue CN Spur End 8 Stadium Northwest LRT to St. Albert future NAIT Kingsway/Royal Alex MacEwan 12 Churchill 13 Central 15 Bay/Enterprise Square 16 Corona 18 Grandin/Government Centre Dudley B. Menzies Bridge over North Saskatchewan River 20 University 22 Health Sciences/Jubilee 24 McKernan/Belgravia Belgravia Road 26 S. Campus/Ft. Edmonton 111 Street southbound 29 Southgate Hwy 2 (Whitemud Drive) 33 Century Park South LRT to south city limits future

The Dudley B. Menzies Bridge is a dedicated LRT bridge crossing the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Named after Edmonton engineer and politician Dudley Blair Menzies, the bridge was the "first concrete segmental box girder bridge in Western Canada".^[2] The main deck carries two tracks of the LRT system connecting Grandin (Government Centre) Station and the University Station. A walkway for pedestrians and bicycles hangs beneath the main spans of the bridge over the river.

The American Concrete Institute recognized the joint venture company that built the Dudley B. Menzies Bridge with an Award of Excellence for Design and Construction in Concrete.^[2]

Gallery

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  Dudley B. Menzies Bridge in front of High Level Bridge, May 2005
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  Dudley B. Menzies Bridge, September 2006
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  South pier of High Level Bridge, with Dudley B. Menzies Bridge in distance, May 2008
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  Dudley B. Menzies Bridge with High Level Bridge behind, June 2009
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  High Level Bridge and Dudley B. Menzies Bridge from the north bank, Winter 2009
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  A Light-Rail Transit train crossing the Dudley B. Menzies Bridge, Winter 2012
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  A plaque on one of the piers

See also

• Dudley Blair Menzies

References

1. Herzog, Lawrence (December 18, 2003). "The LRT at 25". Edmonton Real Estate Weekly. Archived from the original on March 8, 2005.
2. "Dudley Menzies Bridge - Light Rail Transit Bridge Over The North Saskatchewan River". PCL. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2014.

External links

• Dudley B. Menzies Bridge at Structurae