The Great Divide Waterfall; Edmonton's High Level Bridge; Victoria Day, 2007

Music by Shotgun and Jaybird. (RIP)
The High Level Bridge, opened in 1913, spans the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, Alberta. Located next to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the bridge linked the then-separate communities of Edmonton and Strathcona. It was designed from the outset to accommodate rail, streetcar, automobile and pedestrian traffic. The Canadian Pacific Railway, responsible for the design of the bridge, ceased rail operations over the span in 1989. In summer months, members of the public can ride the High Level Streetcar over the top deck.

In 1980, the "Great Divide Waterfall," by artist Peter Lewis, was added to the structure. This man-made waterfall drops 45 metres (150 feet) from the top of the bridge into the North Saskatchewan below, and operates during holiday weekends in the summer months.

Extensive repairs and the addition and widening of pedestrian sidewalks were completed in 1994-95. The original lead paint on the bridge was carefully removed and over 100,000 litres of paint were used to recoat the girders.

Currently the upper level is the property of the Province of Alberta, so as to allow for the future high speed rail link transportation corridor to have access to downtown.

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[onjoFilms]

@TheEricBray Wow. That's lots o' money.

[TheEricBray]

@onjoFilms they need to fix this for $700k sadly

[ginrummy20]

croatians are fucking annoying

[ggmoya]

This is better than the Brooklyn Bridge one

[zunathanzu]

I love the music! I made a video of the highlevel bridge too, not as good as yours though!

[Gregaleg]

hey onjoFilms

where are you from?

there are a lot of potholes here

[Gords1babygirl]

That's cool...lived in E'town for years and have never seen this :)

[onjoFilms]

That's cool what they do in your town. We're lucky if they fix our potholes without a ten percent tax increase.