If you’re walking through Vermillion Park towards the Sports Complex you might notice something a little different about the bridge.

It is now called the Eric Irwin Bridge after Dauphin’s late mayor.

City Manager Sharla Griffiths says that the bridge is named in Irwin’s honour because it was a project that he was passionate about and one that he championed. The process of naming the bridge was something that City Council voted on a while ago.

Griffiths stated that there weren’t any plans for a formal ceremony as of yet. There was a ceremony in Irwin’s honour at the unveiling of the cooperation statue in Vermillion Park