A new landmark honoring Stu Hart, one of wrestling’s most influential figures, is now open in Alberta.
Calgary Herald reported that the Stu Hart Memorial Bridge opened on Highway 8, west of Calgary, on Tuesday, November 10. Bret Hart and several members of the Hart family were on hand for the ceremony.
It was a big, big part of our lives and the fact that they’re honoring my dad with a bridge just speaks the right message about my dad that he was a guy that kind of bridged a lot of things.
He was very strong, very solid as a rock kind of guy and I just think it would mean so much to him. It’s just so fitting that it’s a bridge.
Bret also recalled the summers he spent traveling those roads with his brothers and sisters. Years later, he was standing in the same area and witnessing his father get honored.
I think of really happy memories I have with my brothers and my sisters, and just to be standing here now in remembrance of all that as a salute to my dad and everything he did for the community just and the fact that it’s a bridge is just perfect. I think it’s the perfect thing to name after my dad.
Devin Dreeshen, Alberta’s minister of transportation and economic corridors, said the naming recognizes the legacy Stu and his family built in Calgary, and that the bridge will stand as “a lasting tribute to a family that has helped put Calgary on the map.”
The Hart family has done a tremendous job of putting Calgary on the map through wrestling and Stu Hart was really the leader of that effort. That’s why we thought it would be wonderful to be able to name it after Stu Hart and to bring the Hart family together to honour a Calgary legend.”
“Naming this after Stu Hart, Bret told me that it was really special about bringing the family together and showing that the province of Alberta really does love the Hart family because of everything the Hart family’s done for the province.
Stu Hart was a legendary trainer and promoter whose Hart Dungeon produced some of the biggest names in the business, including Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Dynamite Kid and Jim Neidhart.
