Esplanade Riel
Esplanade Riel is a pedestrian bridge located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was named in honour of Louis Riel. It is a side-spar cable-stayed bridge which spans the Red River connecting downtown Winnipeg and The Forks historic area with St.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Cayla, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Provencher Bridge and Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Provencher Bridge
Bridge
Photo: 1ajs, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Provencher Bridge is a set of paired bridges — a four-lane vehicular bridge and a suspended pedestrian bridge — across the Red River in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Museum
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is a Canadian Crown corporation and national museum located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, adjacent to The Forks. The purpose of the museum is to "explore the subject of human rights with a special but not exclusive reference… Canadian Museum for Human Rights is situated 310 metres west of Esplanade Riel.
Manitoba Children’s Museum
Museum
The Manitoba Children's Museum is a non-profit, charitable children's museum located at The Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Manitoba Children’s Museum is situated 370 metres south of Esplanade Riel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winnipeg and Downtown Winnipeg.
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is Manitoba's capital and has more people than the rest of Manitoba combined. It stands midway on the Trans-Canada Highway and railway. With nearly 750,000 inhabitants, The Peg is the metropolis for the Canadian Prairies and is as diverse as the majority of Canada.
Downtown Winnipeg
Suburb
Downtown Winnipeg is an area of Winnipeg located near the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. It is the oldest urban area in Winnipeg, and is home to the city's commercial core, city hall, the seat of Manitoba's provincial government, and a number of major attractions and institutions.
Exchange District
Neighborhood
Photo: Interlaker, CC0.
The Exchange District is a National Historic Site of Canada in the downtown area of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Just one block north of Portage and Main, the Exchange District comprises twenty city blocks and approximately 150 heritage buildings, and it is known for its intact early 20th century collection of warehouses, financial institutions, and early terracotta-clad skyscrapers.
Esplanade Riel
- Type: Bridge
- Description: footbridge in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Categories: footbridge, side-spar cable-stayed bridge, and transportation
- Location: Manitoba, Prairies, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.89076° or 49° 53′ 27″ northLongitude
-97.12679° or 97° 7′ 37″ westOpen location code
86X4VVRF+87OpenStreetMap ID
way 306150488OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q3058447
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Serbian—“Esplanade Riel” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “里尔海滨大道人行桥”
- Dutch: “Esplanade Riel”
- French: “esplanade Riel”
- French: “Esplanade Riel”
- Japanese: “エスプラナード・リエル橋”
- Serbian: “Мост Ријелово шеталиште у Винипегу”
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Highlights include Joseph Royal Park and Gabrielle Roy.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Esplanade Riel”. Photo: Cayla, Public domain.