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Old 02-02-2020, 02:48 PM   #3204
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Originally Posted by Roughneck View Post
It was designed to be a temporary overpass to bridge the gap between needing the traffic alleviated at Glenmore/37th and the Ring Road project getting done. IIRC to save costs it was designed and built with a 30 year lifespan or so, which is pretty darn short for overpass projects.




EDIT: for anyone interested, he was a presentation on it.



https://www.ucalgary.ca/EN/Civil/csc...ation_CSCE.pdf
Nice to see that the supporting structure is reuseable. I assumed typical bridge construction with a driven pile foundation.
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