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{{More citations needed|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox Bridge | bridge_name = Lethbridge Viaduct | image = Lethbridge High Level.jpg | caption = | official_name = Lethbridge Viaduct | carries = [[Railway]] | crosses = [[Oldman River]] | locale = [[Lethbridge]], Alberta, Canada | maint = [[Canadian Pacific Kansas City]] | id = | design = | mainspan = | length = 1,624 m | width = 32.6 m | height = 95.7 m | load = | clearance = | below = | traffic = | open = {{date and age|1909}} | closed = | toll = | troll = | map_cue = | map_image = | map_text = | map_width = | coordinates = {{coord|49|41|51|N|112|52|7|W|type:landmark_region:CA|display=inline,title}} | lat = | long = }} The '''Lethbridge Viaduct''', commonly known as the '''High Level Bridge''', is a [[railway]] [[trestle bridge]] over the [[Oldman River]] in [[Lethbridge]], Alberta, Canada. Constructed between 1907 and 1909 by the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]], it is the largest railway structure in Canada and the largest of its type in the world, and is still regularly maintained and used over a century since its construction.<ref name="Eng History">{{Cite web |last=Development |first=Mws.ca - Web and Application |title=Canadian Civil Engineering History & Heritage |url=http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/civileng/eng/details.asp@id=41 |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=epe.lac-bac.gc.ca}}</ref> In 2005, the construction of the viaduct was recognized as an [[event of national historic significance]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=10953|title=Construction of the Lethbridge Viaduct National Historic Event|website=Parks Canada|language=en|access-date=2024-09-02}}</ref>
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