Port Mann Bridge
The Port Mann Bridge is a 10-lane cable-stayed bridge, 90 km/h speed limit, in British Columbia, Canada, that opened to traffic in 2012. It carries 10 lanes of traffic with space reserved for a light rail line.
Port Mann Bridge (2012) | |
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| Coordinates | 49.221031°N 122.812697°W |
| Carries | Ten lanes of British Columbia Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), pedestrians and bicycles |
| Crosses | Fraser River |
| Locale | Coquitlam Surrey |
| Maintained by | Transportation Investment Corporation (TI Corp) |
| Preceded by | Port Mann Bridge (1964) |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 2,020 metres (6,630 ft) |
| Width | 65 metres (213 ft) |
| Height | 163 metres (535 ft) |
| Longest span | 470 metres (1,540 ft) |
| Clearance below | 42 metres (138 ft) |
| History | |
| Designer | T.Y. Lin International International Bridge Technologies |
| Construction start | February 4, 2009 |
| Construction end | September 17, 2015 |
| Construction cost | $820 million |
| Opened | September 18, 2012 (3 eastbound lanes) November 17, 2012 (2 westbound lanes) December 1, 2012 (4 lanes in each direction) |
| Location | |
| References | |
Port Mann Bridge (1964) | |
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| Coordinates | 49°13′16″N 122°48′47″W |
| Carries | Five lanes of British Columbia Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) |
| Crosses | Fraser River |
| Locale | Coquitlam Surrey |
| Maintained by | British Columbia Ministry of Transportation |
| Followed by | Port Mann Bridge (second, 2012) |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Tied-arch bridge |
| Total length | 2093 m |
| Longest span | 366 m |
| History | |
| Designer | CBA Engineering |
| Constructed by | Dominion Bridge Company, John Laing and Sons, Perini Pacific, Western Bridge & Steel |
| Construction start | 1959 |
| Construction end | 1963 |
| Construction cost | $25 million |
| Opened | June 12, 1964 |
| Closed | November 17, 2012 (demolished October 2015) |
| Location | |
The cable-stayed bridge replaced a steel arch bridge that spanned the Fraser River, connecting Coquitlam to Surrey in British Columbia in the Vancouver metro area. After its successor was opened to traffic, the old bridge was demolished by reverse construction, a process which took three years to complete.
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