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-City of Calgary / Lafarge Canada Bridge Impacts / Floodplain Studies

For historic transportation reasons, most major inland urban centers are located on rivers.  Early settlers were not concerned about or were not aware of the impact of floods.  With a small population or boats, they had no need to efficiently transport people across rivers via bridges.

As the cities grew and encroached on the rivers, hydrotechnical design challenges associated with bridges, floodplain development, and riverbank stabilization evolved and grew in importance.