Albert Memorial Bridge (Regina)

Albert Memorial Bridge (Regina)

The Albert Memorial Bridge, located on Albert Street in Regina, Saskatchewan, was built in 1930.

The bridge construction was a relief measure during the Great Depression. The project included draining and dredging the adjacent Wascana Lake, building two islands in the lake and constructing the bridge. Known as “Bryant’s Folly” after then Public Works Minister, James Bryant the make-work project was ridiculed by the locals because of its cost. It was opened on November 10, 1930 by Premier J. T. M. Anderson, dedicated as a memorial to the Saskatchewan soldiers who died in World War I.

The bridge was designed by the architectural firm of Puntin, O’Leary, and Coxall, and is noted for its Egyptian ornamentation, lamp standards, multiple flag-staffs, glazed terra-cotta balusters and buffalo heads. The bridge is 850 feet long and 74 feet wide.

The bridge is claimed to be the longest bridge over the shortest span of water, as Wascana Lake narrows before it passess under the bridge. Wascana Creek then continues to flow westward from the site of the bridge, with a width of approximately 20m and a drop in elevation under the bridge of approximately 6m (depending on the season).

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