Esplanade Riel

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Esplanade Riel
Esplanade Riel pedestrian bridge
Official name	Esplanade Riel
Crosses	Red River
Locale	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Maintained by	City of Winnipeg
Designer	Colin Douglas Stewart and Étienne Gaboury
Design	Side-spar cable-stayed bridge
Total length	197 m
Width	7 m
Number of spans	2
Construction begin	2003
Construction end	2004

Esplanade Riel with the Provencher Bridge to the left

The Esplanade Riel is a pedestrian bridge located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, designed by Colin Douglas Stewart of Wardrop Engineering and the architect Étienne Gaboury, and completed in 2003. It spans the Red River connecting downtown Winnipeg with St. Boniface. It is paired with a vehicular bridge, Provencher Bridge. The bridge is one of a few in the world has a restaurant (Salisbury House) on it, giving patrons an excellent view of the river and the bridge's structure. The Esplanade Riel has become a landmark and is used in many promotional materials. The bridge itself is a side-spar cable-stayed bridge. The original drawing, stamped by Colin Douglas Stewart, rests in the Engineering building of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.