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Lions' Gate Bridge
General Information
Project Type
Structure: |
Suspension bridge |
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Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
Location: |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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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
|
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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. (approach viaducts)
(role unknown)
Rehabilitation
Consulting engineers
Contractor
Subcontractor
Cable steel supplier
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken. Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), pp. 24-29. (2002):
- Brücken - Meisterbauwerke der Architektur. Parkland Verlag, Cologne (Germany), pp. 67. (1996):
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 64. (1990):
- 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). (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