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Lions' Gate Bridge
General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Suspension bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 49° 18' 55.49" N 123° 8' 18.85" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 472.75 m | |
| total length | 1 517.3 m | |
| tower height | 111 m | |
| span lengths of main bridge | 187.28 m - 472.75 m - 187.28 m |
Materials
| superstructure |
steel
|
|---|---|
| cables |
steel
|
| pylons |
steel
|
| deck truss |
steel
|
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Participants
Owner
Design
- Monsarrat and Pratley
- Philip Louis Pratley (designer)
Wind tunnel testing
Engineering
- W.-G. Swan (engineer)
Contractor
- Dominion Bridge Company (superstructure)
- Hamilton and Chambers (superstructure)
- Stuart Cameron & Cy. (approach viaducts)
(role unknown)
Rehabilitation
Consulting engineers
Contractor
Subcontractor
Cable steel supplier
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2002): Bridges - Ponts - Brücken. Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), pp. 24-29.
- (1996): Brücken - Meisterbauwerke der Architektur. Parkland Verlag, Cologne (Germany), pp. 67.
- (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 64.
- (2002): Lion's Gate Bridge Rehabilitation Proves a Lion-Sized Challenge. Despite Disputes, Team Accomplished Unique Feats On $59-million Makeover of Vital Vancouver Crossing. In: Engineering News Record (28 January 2002).
- Lions Gate deck replacement on the last move. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 6, n. 21 (4th Quarter 2000), pp. 15.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000837 - Date created
11/07/2000 - Last Update
05/02/2016