Fallen officers Travis Jordan, Brett Ryan to be honoured with Edmonton bridge names
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The southwest Anthony Henday Drive bridges will be renamed after Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan — the two Edmonton Police Service officers who were killed on the job a year ago.
Hundreds of thousands of drivers each day cross over two southwest bridges that have been renamed after two Edmonton Police Service officers who were killed on the job a year ago.
Const. Travis Jordan, 35, and Const. Brett Ryan, 30, were killed at an apartment building near Westmount Mall on March 16, 2023.
On Monday, Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen announced two bridges on the southwest leg of Anthony Henday Drive have been renamed, effectively immediately, after the officers.
On the recently widened bridge between the Cameron Heights and Terwillegar areas, the eastbound span will be named after Jordan, who was born out east in Digby, Nova Scotia.
The westbound span will be named after Ryan, who was born in Edmonton and lived in Spruce Grove.
Memorial signs with the fallen officers’ names will be posted at the ends of each bridge.
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