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Langevin Bridge |
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| Official name | Langevin Bridge |
| Other name(s) | 4th Street NW Bridge |
| Carries | Edmonton Trail |
| Crosses | Bow River |
| Locale | Calgary |
| Maintained by | City of Calgary |
| Material | Steel and Concrete |
| Construction end | 1909 |
| Opened | 1910 |
The Langevin Bridge is a bridge in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It connects Downtown Calgary with north-central Calgary communities such as Bridgeland and Crescent Heights, by spanning the Bow River between 4th Avenue South and Memorial Drive.
The bridge is part of the Bow River pathway system.
The bridge was opened in 1910 and was named for Sir Hector-Louis Langevin,[1] one of the Fathers of the Canadian Confederation.
In 2009, the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation set up 5,600 programmable lights on the bridge for Christmas, at a cost of $400,000,[2] as a part of Downtown East Village re-vitalization efforts. The LED installation, is composed of 5600 LED grouped in 156 programmable light assemblies,[3] and is part of the RiverWalk project, an effort to improve the pathways along the Bow and Elbow rivers adjacent to the East Village. The Langevin Bridge is located at 4th Street NE and Riverfront Avenue SE.
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