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
|
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. (approaches)
(role unknown)
Rehabilitation
Consulting engineers
Contractor
Subcontractor
Cable steel supplier
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Lions Gate deck replacement on the last move in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2000, n. 21 v. 6
- Le pont suspendu de Lions' Gate, à Vancouver (Colombie britannique) in "Ossature métallique", March 1940 v. 9
- Brücken - Meisterbauwerke der Architektur, Parkland Verlag, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3880598541, 1996; pp. 67
- Lion's Gate Bridge Rehabilitation Proves a Lion-Sized Challenge in "Engineering News Record", 28 January 2002
- Piece by Piece in "Civil Engineering Magazine", May 2001, n. 5 v. 71
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 64
- Le pont suspendu de Lion's Gate à l'entrée du Port de Vancouver (Canada) in "La Technique des Travaux", October 1939, n. 10 v. 15
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 24-29
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20000837 - Date created
11/07/2000 - Last Update
05/02/2016