The city of Calgary, Canada, inaugurated a bridge in memory of Stu Hart.
On November 11, 2026, a press conference with the Minister of Transport and Bret Hart marked the opening of the bridge before the media. A bridge named the “Stu Hart Memorial Bridge” on Highway 8.
Specifically, this is the bridge that spans the Elbow River. It is part of the Highway 8 project linking West Calgary Ring Road to Lott Creek Boulevard. A project announced in October 2025 that stayed on schedule. The Minister of Transport highlighted the importance of the Hart family to their Canadian city:
“The Hart family has done extraordinary work to put Calgary on the map around the world through wrestling, and Stu Hart was truly the driving force behind that effort. That’s why we thought it would be wonderful to name the bridge after him and bring the Hart family together to honor a Calgary legend.”
For Bret Hart, it is a beautiful honor for his father since his entire family used to travel this route every summer for vacations:
“It has been a very, very big part of our lives, and the fact that they honor my father with a bridge sends exactly the right message about him: he was a man who, in a way, built bridges to many things. He was very strong, solid as a rock, and I simply think it would have meant a great deal to him. It is so fitting that it should be a bridge.”
Stu Hart left an entire generation of wrestlers he trained or wrestling fans in Calgary, Canada, with a lasting mark. A fitting honor for the family and its fans.
