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Mill Creek Trestle Bridge

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📷Jeffery J. Nichols

The Mill Creek Trestle Bridge is one of the last physical reminders of the existence of the Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway line, which was the first rail connection between the towns of Strathcona and Edmonton. Completed in 1902, the railway followed the Mill Creek Ravine alignment and crossed the North Saskatchewan River over the Low Level Bridge, providing reliable, convenient passenger and freight transportation services between the two towns as an alternative to John Walter's ferry further west. Passenger service was provided until 1928, but the railway continued to provide a vital link until the 1950's between the river valley industries and Edmonton's south side commercial centre, which offered rail connections to the remainder of the province. 
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