Granville Street Bridge - Granville Connector Project | U/C

[Jimbo604]

Thanks for the tremendous update, Zep! They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so a extension of that could be a video is worth a thousand pictures! Or doing the math, a video is a million words.

As per said video, demolition has begun again after multi-week abatement pause. Hurray.

It has been superseded by this newer video but YouTuber video-blogger user name "Metro Vancouver Construction Projects & Buildings" has an April 30th video on this bridge work. He is a SSP user, I believe, so shout out to him and his content on this and various other Vancouver construction projects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W223SgiLG14&t=186s

[Zepfancouver]

Originally Posted by Jimbo604

..."Metro Vancouver Construction Projects & Buildings" has an April 30th video on this bridge work...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W223SgiLG14&t=186s

I viewed (I am subscribed/liked all) his video on tuesday night and planned on checking it out the next day but
got distracted by jollyburger's Post #1729 and made a b-line for Senawk, only to then forget about the Connector until I heard the jackhammering.

[dleung]

seems like a lost opportunity for continuous retail along Pacific that could've been achieved by rebuilding 1-2 structural bays of the bridge with columns, with maintenance access off Pacific.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by dleung

seems like a lost opportunity for continuous retail along Pacific that could've been achieved by rebuilding 1-2 structural bays of the bridge with columns, with maintenance access off Pacific.

I think they wanted to leave the possibility to install a NEU under the rebuilt bridge section. The only way retail down there would even have a chance of working is if the city gave out the space for free.

[officedweller]

There's an abutment there where the span across Pacific is supported.
Replacing that with columns and a lintel would require a lot more work and maybe closure of Pacific.


https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2749...8192?entry=ttu

[dleung]

^^Ah, good point - not worth extending the demo across Pacific. I just got back from Tokyo few weeks ago, and they have retail in nearly all of their underpasses haha

[theKB]

Originally Posted by dleung

^^Ah, good point - not worth extending the demo across Pacific. I just got back from Tokyo few weeks ago, and they have retail in nearly all of their underpasses haha

I don't know why we don't explore this opportunity here - something under the viaducts, or extend the retail where vancouver house is. Especially where it is city owned, it could provide a lot of opportunity for more small businesses to pop up with affordable rents etc.