Award Winning Park

Recipient of: Mayor’s Urban Design Award in 2022 and Park Excellence Award 2021 by Alberta Recreation and Parks Association

Calgary’s Flyover Park is the first of its kind in Western Canada. This project helped transform the underused area beneath the 4th Avenue flyover into a vibrant community hub residents, commuters, and visitors can enjoy an active lifestyle and environmental learning all year round.

Designed in collaboration with Grade 6 students, University of Calgary Landscape Architecture Students and Stantec, the park includes tiered seating, unique play features and artistic features to beautify the space.

Flyover Park combines the core elements of collaboration, creativity, innovative urban design and community engagement. It is a vital, vibrant and accessible gathering place that is quickly becoming a welcomed member of Calgary’s impressive roster of parks and public destinations.

In addition to creating a beautiful urban space, the park has environmental benefits. Upgrades to the space and the flyover infrastructure divert run-off from the flyover’s roadway to the park’s rain gardens and bioswale prior to entering the Bow River. This allows the run-off from the flyover to be filtered, reducing the amount of silt, harsh salts, and other substances from reaching the city’s river basin.

For historical information and community engagement done by The City of Calgary, click HERE

Flyover Park was the recipient of the ARPA Parks Excellence Award 2021

Specific features of Flyover Park include:

• Accessibility features

• Family fun games (shuffleboard, ping pong, ladder toss, tether ball)

• Murals

• Hill slides

• Friendship swing

• Bamboo jungle

• Creative high-impact lighting

Location:
The park is located at 651 McDougall Rd NE, Calgary, AB T2E 4Z7, in the community of Bridgeland-Riverside.

Special thanks to our donors and partners: