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Gold Bar Park’s illegitimate but popular mountain biking bridge is coming down.

The City of Edmonton confirmed the unsanctioned structure linking a popular mountain biking route would be coming down on Friday after someone notified the city back in June. While the bridge may appear official, it didn’t receive approval or meet safety requirements.

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The cycling community attempted to change the city’s mind in a last-ditch email blitz to Coun. Ben Henderson but the bridge’s fate was sealed.

Mountain biker Jason Seib, who led the online charge to save the bridge, said the structure offered a much safer option for both cyclists and hikers who wanted to get over the creek.

“There are so many different areas in the river valley that the average resident doesn’t even know about and to lose access to that would be really sad,” he said. “There’s a trail underneath the refineries. It is called pipedream. The only way to get over there is that bridge. I was riding on Saturday and there were dog walkers, trail runners. There are people who fish the river. It is a really neat little area.”