General Information
| Completion: | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Status: | demolished (1970) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Through truss bridge |
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| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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| Plan view: |
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| Function / usage: |
later use: Road bridge later use: Railroad (railway) bridge current use: Railroad (railway) bridge |
| Structure: |
original configuration: Single-leaf bascule bridge current configuration: Vertical lift bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Replaced by: |
Second Narrows Bridge (1970)
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| Location description: |
Across Burrard Inlet |
Technical Information
Materials
| truss |
steel
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Chronology
| 10 March 1927 | The freighter Eurana collides with the bridge causing damage and necessitating repairs. |
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| 1928 | Another ship, the Norwich City, collides with the bridge. |
| 1930 | The Losmar also hits the bridge. |
| September 1930 | The Pacific Gatherer, a sailboat turned barge, is carried away buy eddies and gets caught underneath a fixed span of the bridge. With the rising tide, the span is lifted off the supports und later collapses completely into Burrard Inlet. Reconstruction was hampered due to lawsuits and the bankruptcy of the bridge company. |
| 1933 | The bridge is sold to the provincial government. |
| 1934 | A centre lift-span is added (the bascule span being at the southern end of the bridge) to improve navigation. The bridge is re-opened after four years of being closed to all traffic. |
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November 1957
— August 1960 |
Construction of a high bridge alongside the existing bridge. After completion the original Second Narrows Bridge is converted to carry rail traffic only while the road traffic is diverted onto the new bridge. |
| 1963 | The bridge is sold to Canadian National Railways for $1. |
| 1968 | A new railroad bridge is built alongside. |
| 1970 | The bridge is demolished. |
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- (1959): The Collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge, Vancouver. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 12, n. 4 (April 1959), pp. 36-41.
- (1957): The North Approach to the Second Narrows Bridge. In: PCI Journal, v. 2, n. 2 (September 1957), pp. 48-53.
- (1983): Recovery and repair of the Second Narrows Railway Bridge. Presented at: IABSE Colloquium: Ship Collision with Bridges and Offshore Structures = Collision des bâteaux avec des ponts et des constructions en mer = Kollision von Schiffen mit Brücken und "Offshore"-Bauten, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1983.
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20014061 - Published on:
27/10/2004 - Last updated on:
04/11/2024
