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Removal of the old Walterdale Bridge is underway but the city is still working out how to salvage and repurpose what is not scrapped.

Options under consideration include using parts of the old bridge to create art, a river valley lookout or landscaping in different park areas, say city officials.

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Ryan Teplitsky, construction project manager for the city, said the 1913 bridge’s plaque, steel posts, railing grating, trusses and box beams are a few of the elements that could be saved. Steel would have to be refurbished and have its lead paint removed before it could be reused safely.

There is no concept, budget or timeline for the salvaging plan yet, although the bridge is expected to be taken down before the end of the year. Pedestrians still have access to the walking path, but only for a few more days.

Salvaging plans “will go through a public consultation process,” Teplitsky said.

That’s good news to David Ridley, the executive director of the Edmonton Heritage Council.