{"id":952387,"date":"2026-10-30T22:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952387\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T22:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:06:19","slug":"summer-storms-force-high-level-bridge-construction-to-start-in-2027-city-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952387\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer storms force High Level Bridge construction to start in 2027, city says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The City of Edmonton says this summer’s record rainfall and severe storms mean the High Level Bridge will require extensive repairs next year, which will shut down the bridge.<\/p>\n

The heavily used High Level connects pedestrians, cyclists and southbound motorists \u2014 and an Edmonton streetcar in the summertime \u2014 from downtown Edmonton to the city’s Garneau and Strathcona areas.<\/p>\n

Summer storms caused landslides and erosions that affected the river-valley slopes next to the bridge, and urgent repairs are required, the City of Edmonton said in a news release.<\/p>\n

Rehabilitation work on the bridge, which was initially slated for 2028, will start at the same time to try to minimize disruption, the release said.<\/p>\n

The High Level will be closed to traffic during traffic. The pedestrian access will be maintained “when possible;” the city will share any access changes and detours or alternative routes in advance.<\/p>\n

Crews have to fix things like bearings, “substructure components on land,” and structural drainage, the city said. They will also remove a column in the middle of the west sidewalk to improve safety “and the experience” for pedestrians and cyclists.<\/p>\n

The facelift, meanwhile, aims to improve accessibility where possible and ensure the bridge is safe amid long-term planning to eventually replace it.<\/p>\n

While that work happens, the city is pushing rehab to the Low Level Bridge’s northbound lanes to 2028 to help traffic flow, the release said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":952388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-952387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}