The 4th Avenue Flyover is well on its way to being completed later this year, with construction moving forward steadily and crews working hard to keep the project on track.

Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up next: 

The Bridgeland Main Streets project is moving into the third season of construction this spring and is expected to be complete by fall/winter 2025. As part of this project, The City of Calgary is completing important streetscape and infrastructure improvements along 1 Avenue N.E. While we are still finalizing the timelines, we will share additional updates in the coming weeks. For the most up to date details, please visit our website Calgary.ca/BridgelandMainstreet.

The 4th Avenue Flyover will need to fully close temporarily to complete repairs sustained by a vehicular incident. A section of the bridge’s barriers and rails sustained damage in the incident and require repairs, however the bridge is still safe to use.  

The bridge will fully close overnight for two days: 

• February 13th beginning at 9 pm until February 14th at 5 am, and 

• February 14th beginning at 9 pm, until February 15th at 5 am. 

Phase Two of the Inglewood Sanitary Trunk (IST) project is underway, with an anticipated completion date of July 2025.

In order to successfully complete this project, crews will have to close the righthand (south lane) of Memorial Drive eastbound between the Bridgeland C-train station and Baines Bridge (Zoo bridge). Traffic will be detoured to the centre and lefthand lane (north lane) for the duration of this work. It is anticipated that this work will take approximately six months to complete.

From our families to yours, with love and fellowship, we wish you peace, respite, rejuvenation, and all the best in 2025.

In lieu of mailing traditional holiday cards, we’ve opted to donate to several notable local charities. This season, our focus is on supporting four organizations doing deeply meaningful and important work to care for our 2SLGBTQIA+ neighbours.

Happy Holidays!

Bridgeland Elves are back again this season, spreading holiday cheer to neighbours that could use a helping hand.

Sign up today to help support this wonderful initiative. There are multiple ways and a variety of cost and time commitments available - from volunteering your time or baking skills, to making a stocking for a senior or sponsoring a family.

In 2024, we completed the streetscape improvements and infrastructure upgrades: on the north side of 1 Avenue N.E. between 6 Street to 7A Street N.E. and from 8A Street to 11 Street N.E.; also, improvements were made on the south side of 1 Ave NE between 7A Street to 9A Street N.E. Additionally, five intersections along 2 Avenue N.E. were upgraded in 2024 as part of the Bridgeland Main Street project. This included widening sidewalks and upgrading streetlighting to improve pedestrian safety, providing street furniture to enhance pedestrian comfort, beautifying the area with the addition of new naturalized turfs, decorative grasses, and new trees.

The 4th Avenue Flyover continue to undergo rehabilitation work that begin in Apriil 2024. This work is planned to carry through winter and will be completed in the Fall of 2025 . The flyover was constructed in 1982 and at an overall 430-meter span, the structure crosses over the Bow River and is Calgary's longest bridge. The flyover carries two lanes of traffic towards 3rd Street SE and is one of the primary routes into downtown. The 4th Avenue Flyover Rehabilitation Project is part of our normal rehabilitation program as this bridge was identified as a candidate for repair.

It was a busy summer for crews working on the 4th Ave Flyover Rehabilitation project.

Since our last update, crews have:

• Removed the existing curb and deck concrete overlay; 

• Completed pours of the new curb and deck on the left-hand lane; and

• Replaced the cast to finish the roadway barrier sections.

Please be prepared for upcoming overnight closures rotating between Riverfront Avenue and Memorial Drive/Edmonton Trail NE beginning on September 23rd, 2024. The closures are anticipated to occur overnight (9:00 pm to 5:00 am) and last approximately four weeks.

This construction season, as part of the Bridgeland Main Street Project, The City is completing sidewalk and streetscape improvements along 1 Avenue NE between 11 Street to 6 Street NE. Crews are finishing construction on the south side of 1 Avenue between 7A Street to 8A Street NE and we are targeting completion by the end of August 2024.