In 1956, a royal commission recommended Beverly, as well as the Town of Jasper Place and portions of surrounding rural municipalities, amalgamate with Edmonton, to which then Mayor John Sehn agreed. Five years later, in 1961, after being promised a new bridge for vehicular traffic across the North Saskatchewan River at 50 Street, residents of Beverly cast ballots in a referendum regarding amalgamation with Edmonton in which 62% voted in favour. Beverly was subsequently absorbed by Edmonton on December 30, 1961, with Edmonton assuming the town's $4.16 million debt ($ million today). The 50th Street bridge has yet to materialize.
