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The High Level Bridge by emil tiedemann T HE City of Strathcona - located on the southside of the North Saskatchewan - amalgamated with the City of Edmonton - located on the northside of the river - on February 1, 1912. It was 16 months later, on June 2, 1913, that the High Level Bridge - linking the south with the north - was open to traffic for the first time.  Not just automobile traffic either! The 755-metre long, 49-metre high steel and concrete structure was designed by Phillips B. Motley to accommodate vehicles, rail, streetcars, and pedestrians, and all but rail continue to use Edmonton’s most iconic and oldest bridge spanning the river.    The stunning High Level Bridge at night (photo by Dylan Nicholson). The streetcars were noticeably absent from the High Level from 1951 to 1979, but they are once again a charming destination for tourists and locals alike in the spring and summer seasons, especially during the Edmonton Fringe Festival in August. T...

Trevor Anderson's The High Level Bridge opens discussion for suicide and how it's been swept under the rug...until now BY EMIL TIEDEMANN The High Level Bridge " I T is a beautiful and gracious film, an artistic tribute to those who have jumped from the bridge, and also a poetic contemplation of the H igh Level Bridge itself and its role within the city's collective psyche." That's what the Edmonton Sun 's Graham Hicks had to say about Trevor Anderson 's 5-minute documentary short The High Level Bridge , an official selection at both the Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance . But it was Hicks who, in the same breath, confessed his concern over a potential "copy cat" response to the film's often-taboo subject matter: suicide. Hicks worries that "making a direct link between the High Level Bridge and its suicides may be very emotionally painful to the families and friends of victims other than those to whom the...