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Old Posted Jan 4, 2009, 7:52 AM
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On the topic of bridges, Santiago Calatrava was just signed on to design a pedestrian bridge across in Calgary across the Bow river at the western tip of Prince's Island downtown. The design will be done this year and construction is starting next year. It's a highly controversial project in Calgary because of the perceived high cost of getting one designed by Calatrava, but is going ahead nonetheless.

A second new ped bridge spanning the Bow further east connecting the East Village and Bridgeland communities will go to an open competition - being managed by the development corporation created by the City to redevelop the East Village through a Tax Increment Financing program.

So some interesting bridge news I guess to watch for coming out of Calgary and some potential candidates for some of the nicest bridges in Canada.
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