{{Short description|Bridge in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox bridge | bridge_name = Capilano Bridge | image = Capilano Bridge.JPG | caption = | official_name = Capilano Bridge | carries = Wayne Gretzky Drive NW | crosses = North Saskatchewan River | locale = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | maint = | id = | design = | mainspan = | length = {{convert|290|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>[http://www.islengineering.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117:capilano-bridge-rehabilitation&catid=54:transportation&Itemid=97 Capilano Bridge Rehabilitation (Edmonton)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713062359/http://www.islengineering.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117%3Acapilano-bridge-rehabilitation&catid=54%3Atransportation&Itemid=97 |date=July 13, 2011 }}</ref> | width = | clearance below deck = | traffic = 52,034 (2024)<ref name="AAWDT Volume Data">{{cite web | title=AAWDT | website=Google Docs | url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_W1_jGlAwSFDgRQmvakx4wJ8sive8sjZJFwtCyvS_3U/edit#gid=0 | access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref> | open = 1969<ref>City of Edmonton, ''Naming Edmonton : From Ada to Zoie'', 2004. {{ISBN|0-88864-423-X}}</ref> | closed = | coordinates = {{coord|53|33|20.7|N|113|26|19.0|W|region:CA-AB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} }} The '''Capilano Bridge''' is a six lane bridge that spans the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was built in 1969, and is named for the former Capilano Freeway, today known as Wayne Gretzky Drive. It was officially inaugurated by mayor Ivor Dent.
Capilano Bridge connects the communities of Capilano/Forest Heights on the south end to Virginia Park/Highlands on the north end.
The bridge's sidewalk was closed in June 2021 and remained so for about two months for maintenance.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-09|title=City, Capilano residents at odds over footbridge closure|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/city-capilano-residents-at-odds-over-footbridge-closure/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-03|website=CTV News|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610023732/https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/city-capilano-residents-at-odds-over-footbridge-closure-1.5463656 |archive-date=2021-06-10 }}</ref>
The southwest trail, located just west of the Capilano Bridge on the southside of the river, has been closed since January 2020 after a section of a walking trail collapsed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Landslide shuts Capilano Pacific Trail in West Vancouver|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/landslide-shuts-capilano-pacific-trail-in-west-vancouver|access-date=2021-11-03|website=vancouversun|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=West Vancouver's Capilano Pacific Trail may never be safe to reopen following landslides|url=https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/west-vancouvers-capilano-pacific-trail-may-never-be-safe-to-reopen-following-landslides-3550091|access-date=2021-11-03|website=North Shore News|date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Following the closure, a project for repairing and renewal was introduced by the City of Edmonton.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Capilano Bridge Trail (Southwest) Repair {{!}} City of Edmonton|url=https://www.edmonton.ca/city-run-projects-plans/parks-recreation/current-projects/capilano-bridge-trail-southwest-repair|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-03|website=City of Edmonton|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722195605/https://www.edmonton.ca/city-run-projects-plans/parks-recreation/current-projects/capilano-bridge-trail-southwest-repair |archive-date=2021-07-22 }}</ref>
== See also == * List of crossings of the North Saskatchewan River * List of bridges in Canada
==References== <references/>
{{s-start}} {{s-bef|rows=|before=Tawatinâ Bridge}} {{s-ttl|title=Bridge across the<br>North Saskatchewan River}} {{s-aft|after=Three pedestrian bridges}} {{s-bef|before=Dawson Bridge}} {{s-ttl|title=Road bridge across the<br>North Saskatchewan River}} {{s-aft|after=Beverly / Clover Bar Bridges}} {{end}}
Category:Bridges in Edmonton Category:Road bridges in Alberta