Great Canadian Bridges - Page 44

Metro-One · #**861** Posted **Dec 19, 2015, 11:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by GreaterMontréal

do you know how much it will cost to use the bridge ?

I see 4 lanes, merging into 2 , or am I wrong ?

Do you mean the current tunnel?

The current tunnel is free but it only 4 lanes wide (2 each direction) with a counter flow set up that reduces southbound to one lane in the morning and northbound to one lane in the evening.

The new bridge will be 10 lanes wide, 5 in each direction (as shown on the diagrams).

It will likely cost between 3 to 4 dollars to use.

GreaterMontréal · #**862** Posted **Dec 20, 2015, 12:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

Do you mean the current tunnel?

The current tunnel is free but it only 4 lanes wide (2 each direction) with a counter flow set up that reduces southbound to one lane in the morning and northbound to one lane in the evening.

The new bridge will be 10 lanes wide, 5 in each direction (as shown on the diagrams).

It will likely cost between 3 to 4 dollars to use.

Highway-99 just before the Fraser River, to Marpole. I see a bridge with 2 lanes each direction. Oak street

Metro-One · #**863** Posted **Dec 20, 2015, 1:07 AM**

Ah, okay, I understand.

Yes, the Oak Street bridge will remain, and it is 4 lanes.

The proposed HOV / Bus lanes will exit just before the bridge approach on Bus only ramps.

So it will be 3 lanes merging into 2.

It has been calculated that 60% of the northbound traffic through the current GMT is actually for Richmond, not Vancouver. So theoretically traffic increases on the oak Street Bridge should not be substantial.

IMO the Oak Street bridge should also be replaced with a 6 lane structure (with the two shoulder lanes being add/ drop lanes on the North End) but the city of Vancouver has a strict "no new car lanes" into the city policy.

Sadly Vancouver environmentalism is a lot more extreme than in other areas of Canada (where you can have environmental concerns, but not all forms of highways are seen as evil).

GreaterMontréal · #**864** Posted **Dec 20, 2015, 1:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

Ah, okay, I understand.

Yes, the Oak Street bridge will remain, and it is 4 lanes.

The proposed HOV / Bus lanes will exit just before the bridge approach on Bus only ramps.

So it will be 3 lanes merging into 2.

It has been calculated that 60% of the northbound traffic through the current GMT is actually for Richmond, not Vancouver. So theoretically traffic increases on the oak Street Bridge should not be substantial.

IMO the Oak Street bridge should also be replaced with a 6 lane structure (with the two shoulder lanes being add/ drop lanes on the North End) but the city of Vancouver has a strict "no new car lanes" into the city policy.

Sadly Vancouver environmentalism is a lot more extreme than in other areas of Canada (where you can have environmental concerns, but not all forms of highways are seen as evil).

ok thanks, so it's basically a bridge for Richmond and the airport. it seems all agricultural land in Richmond will disappear in the near future, towards Hwy-91.

Metro-One · #**865** Posted **Dec 20, 2015, 1:18 AM**

Actually no, all that agricultural land is in the ALR. (Agricultural Land Reserve)

That is one of the big reasons why the new Steveston interchange is going to be a very compact (European / Asian looking IMO) hybrid of a stacked / diverging free flow interchange, so that minimal to no ALR is lost.

GreaterMontréal · #**866** Posted **Dec 20, 2015, 1:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

Actually no, all that agricultural land is in the ALR. (Agricultural Land Reserve)

That is one of the big reasons why the new Steveston interchange is going to be a very compact (European / Asian looking IMO) hybrid of a stacked / diverging free flow interchange, so that minimal to no ALR is lost.

good to know, here in Montréal we have a similar case. Laval has many farmland east of A-19, which are also protected.

Metro-One · #**867** Posted **Dec 20, 2015, 1:30 AM**

Yeah, it is a good program to have, especially since most of Canada's best farm land is near our largest urban centres.

LeftCoaster · #**868** Posted **Jan 6, 2016, 9:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Stingray2004

"A pile driving crane being set up on Deas Island near the south side of the George Massey Tunnel. The crane will run pile driving tests to determine soil density near a future tower location for Massey Bridge. The test results will shape design plans for the bridge and its foundations." - From BC MoTI

Some pile driving test equipment out for the new Massey Bridge.

Still a while to start but things are already moving fast.

ainvan · #**869** Posted **Jan 7, 2016, 9:51 AM**

Metro Vancouver

There are twenty-one bridges in Metro Vancouver, and twelve of them are significant bridges.

1. Lions Gate Bridge

The Lions Gate Bridge, opened in 1938, is a suspension bridge that crosses the first narrows of Burrard Inlet and connects Vancouver to North Vancouver and West Vancouver.

Canada Day 2013 by Alexis Birkill, on Flickr

2. Burrard Bridge

The Burrard Bridge is a five-lane, Art Deco style, steel truss bridge constructed in 1930-1932.

Burrard Bridge False Creek by Jamjam, on Flickr

3. Patullo Bridge

The Pattullo Bridge is a through arch bridge. Constructed in 1936–37, it spans the Fraser River.

Pattullo Bridge by Clayton Perry, on Flickr

4. Golden Ears Bridge

The Golden Ears Bridge is a six-lane extradosed bridge. It spans the Fraser River. The bridge opened to traffic on June 16, 2009.

Golden Ears Bridge by ♥ Petersoɳ Photogr@phy, on Flickr

5. Old Port Mann Bridge

The old Port Mann Bridge is a tied-arch bridge, opened on June 12, 1964.

A Portrait of Canada

6. New Port Mann Bridge

The Port Mann Bridge is a 10-lane cable-stayed bridge that opened to traffic in 2012. It is currently the second longest cable-stayed bridge in North America and was the widest bridge in the world until the opening of the new Bay Bridge in California.

Port Mann Bridge by Jon Scrimgeour, on Flickr

7. Ironworkers Memorial Bridge

The Ironworkers Memorial Bridge is the second bridge constructed at the Second (east) Narrows of Burrard Inlet in Vancouver. The bridge is a steel truss cantilever bridge. Construction began in November 1957, and the bridge was officially opened on August 25, 1960.

Vancouver from Grouse Mountain chairlift by Katy, on Flickr

8. Alex Fraser Bridge

The Alex Fraser Bridge (also known as the Annacis Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Fraser River. The towers are 154 m tall.

As Time Goes By by Clayton Perry, on Flickr

9. Granville Bridge

The Granville Street Bridge is a cantilever/truss bridge. The original bridge was completed in 1889. The second bridge was completed in 1909. On February 4, 1954, the current Granville Street Bridge, opened.

Concrete RIver by Evan Leeson, on Flickr

10. Pitt River Bridge

The Pitt River Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Pitt River. The current bridge opened on October 4, 2009.

Distant Pitt River Bridge by James Wheeler, on Flickr

11. Cambie Bridge

The Cambie Bridge is a six-lane symmetric, precast, varying-depth-post tension-box girder bridge spanning False Creek. The first Cambie Street Bridge was opened in 1891. The current bridge, opened in 1985, is the third bridge at the same location.

Across The Bridge by Clayton Perry, on Flickr

12. Skybridge

The SkyBridge is a cable-stayed bridge. It spans the Fraser River, opened on March 16, 1990.

Bridges And A Beach by Clayton Perry, on Flickr

Metro-One · #**870** Posted **Jan 7, 2016, 10:11 AM**

Great post, but this thread already exists. I made it several years ago (and I am not going to let the only continuously active thread out of those that I have initiated be replaced, hehe).

So maybe the mods can close this one and merge this post with it?

Daveography · #**871** Posted **Jan 19, 2016, 8:12 PM**

Today's the day Edmonton's new Walterdale Bridge gets its 950-tonne central span lifted onto the next two segments. I attended the media event and got some photos from a vantage few others get.

Arch Lift by Dave Sutherland, on Flickr

All my photos from the media event are here:
http://skyrisecities.com/community/t.../#post-1072681