The Provencher Bridge (French: Pont Provencher) is a set of paired bridges — a four-lane vehicular bridge and a suspended pedestrian bridge (called Esplanade Riel) [1][2] — across the Red River in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The bridge links downtown Winnipeg and The Forks historic area with St. Boniface, a Winnipeg community across the Red River.

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Broadway Bridge / Provencher Bridge (Tache Avenue, Winnipeg) A plaque located south of the Provencher Bridge on the west side of Avenue Taché (river side) explains the design and construction of the Provencher Bridge, built between 2001 and 2003.

Winnipeg’s first permanent traffic bridge, the Louise Bridge, opened on August 8, 1880. After the opening ceremony a group of people stole a large amount of liquor intended for city councillors, becoming drunken and disorderly in the streets. A streetcar and pedestrians cross the Louise Bridge in the early 20th century.

The Norwood Bridge is a five-span, 167-metre (548 ft) vehicular bridge over the Red River in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The bridge links downtown Winnipeg with the Norwood neighbourhood of St. Boniface, Winnipeg, and serves Route 52. The bridge bears a sculpture, called River Arch, between the east and west spans at the southern landing.

This bridge was also completed in 2003, and Esplanade Riel has become an iconic landmark of Winnipeg’s urban panorama. Esplanade Riel was built following the same route as the old Broadway Bridge. Once a pedestrian crosses the river from the east to the west side, the path continues through The Forks and up to Union Station which faces Broadway.

The Provencher Bridge is a set of paired bridges — a four-lane vehicular bridge and a suspended pedestrian bridge — across the Red River in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The bridge links downtown Winnipeg and The Forks historic area with St. Boniface, a Winnipeg community across the Red River. It derived its name from the connecting Boulevard Provencher.

2023年9月11日 · The Provencher Pedestrian Bridge is an iconic landmark of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. It is for pedestrians and cycling over the Red River, connecting the downtown with the St. Boniface neighborhood.

The first bridge to link Winnipeg from the then-existent eastern end of Broadway with the western end of avenue Provencher in St. Boniface, it consisted of five stationary spans and one swing span. The Broadway Bridge was about 900 feet in length and opened for traffic on 16 April 1882.

Transportation Project for the City of Winnipeg. The construction of the Provencher vehicle and pedestrian bridges, commonly known as Esplanade Riel, were two of the most challenging bridge projects that our team has ever completed. This project was marked by significant engineering and construction challenges over the course of two years.

Manitoba has 2400 bridges and structures on the provincial highway system, of which 1250 are bridges. The other structures include overpasses, large culverts and overhead sign structures throughout the province. Structures designed before 1994 generally have a …