Clover Bar Bridge and Beverly Bridge are a pair of bridges that span the

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in the city of

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, Alberta, Canada. The twin spans carry six lanes total of

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, the name given to

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within Edmonton city limits. Clover Bar Bridge, the original truss span, was completed in the summer of 1953 and connected Beverly with mostly rural

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. Beverly was amalgamated with the City of Edmonton eight years later. Once the original span could no longer handle traffic volume, a steel

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was built just to the south to carry eastbound traffic. This bridge, completed in 1972, is called the Beverly Bridge. The Clover Bar Railway Bridge is just to the north of the original span. This and bridge was built in 1907–1908 as an iron and concrete truss by the

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company and is still in use, carrying

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's main line.

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