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Port Mann/Highway 1 Improvements | Completed
Port Mann Bridge, Highway 1, & Gateway RapidBus Discussion
General Gateway Program Discussion: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=146996 http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/gateway/phot...arge/PMB_3.jpg Port Mann Bridge Source: Ministry of Transportation, Government of British Columbia http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/gateway/phot...arge/PMB_2.jpg Port Mann Bridge & South Fraser Perimeter Road (underneath) Source: Ministry of Transportation, Government of British Columbia More information about the Port Mann Bridge can be found at the Bridges thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=802232 Quote:
http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400 Premier Gordon Campbell's Announcement Source: Glenn Baglo from the Vancouver Sun http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400 Premier Gordon Campbell Source: Glenn Baglo from the Vancouver Sun http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400 Existing Port Mann Source: Glenn Baglo from the Vancouver Sun http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400 Pile Driver, officially starting construction on the Port Mann Bridge Source: Glenn Baglo from the Vancouver Sun http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400 3D Rendering of existing Port Mann Source: Screen Grab from the Vancouver Sun http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400 3D Rendering of new Port Mann Source: Screen Grab from Vancouver Sun http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400 3D Rendering of new Port Mann Source: Screen Grab from Vancouver Sun http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400 3D Rendering of new Port Mann Source: Screen Grab from Vancouver Sun http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400 Toll Plaza and Approach to Port Mann Source: Screen Grab from Vancouver Sun http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400 Toll Plaza and Approach to Port Mann Source: Screen Grab from Vancouver Sun http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400 RapidBus Service on Port Mann Source: Screen Grab from Vancouver sun New Videos from the Ministry of Transportation about Port Mann and SFPR http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/gateway/info...multimedia.htm Project Site: http://www.gatewayprogram.bc.ca/ |
Any idea how tall and wide the support structures will be? The things look huge.
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^ probably close to the height of the Shangri-la.
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Mmm... new thread smell.
Can't wait to be enjoying the new bridge smell. :) |
I'm drooling over this project. This bridge will look similar to the Rio Antirion bridge in Greece less two towers:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5-9pSyTiM_...00/30v0x9d.jpg I like how the last rendering is of a bus just to keep the public transit faction happy. |
Already the Alex Fraser Bridge has the largest bridge pylons in Canada, and this bridge must have pylons that are quite larger than even those
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That is one impressive structure:omg:
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ya I would love to see a diagram with all our regions bridges beside each other to see what is what.
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Too bad BCMOT hasn't updated the blueprints yet.
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Piling equipment has moved to the middle section of the bridge/river. It towers over the Port Mann. (Whats the specs on this thing ?) A bridge pylon on the south side is visible if your in anything larger than a car. The pylon is massive, roughly standing 30+ feet high now, easily Alex Fraser size. They should easily be 500+ feet tall when finished.
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I'd be willing to guess alot more then that. In the render each of the traincars on the ground is atleast 50 feet long. If you count ten out, sanding them vertically end to end only gets you 1/2-2/3rds the way up one of the support structures, while they are about 1 1/2 to 2 times as tall as the old Port Mann in the renders.
In addition to this, the main span of the old port mann is over 1000 feet. If this, and the new tower heights, is accurately reflected in the rederings, tipping one of the new towers over across the river, starting at the east pier of the old Port Mann, brings it fairly close to the other pier 1000+ feet away. |
Maybe 800+ is a better guess if the rendering is accurate. When are the blueprints due for release ?
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Another new construction notification on the PMB section of the gateway website:
http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/gateway/PMH1...n_20090618.pdf Lane Shift on Highway 1 from 1st Avenue to Grandview Highway Exits On June 26, 2009, Highway 1 improvement work in the Vancouver/Burnaby area will begin. Travellers are advised to expect the following changes: • Eastbound and westbound lanes on Highway 1 will be slightly narrowed between the 1st Avenue and Grandview Highway exits in Vancouver and shifted toward the existing roadway shoulder for approximately 18 months (see graphic below). • During this time, crews will be working in the centre median to strengthen existing overpasses for the additional highway lane to be constructed. These changes will be well signed and traffic control personnel and equipment will be on site to direct traffic. Drivers are requested to obey posted construction speeds and watch for construction information signs and flag persons, particularly at night, when lane closures may be required. Please use caution when travelling through a construction zone and adhere to posted construction zone speed limits. Traffic fines are double in construction zones. A key goal of the Port Mann/Highway 1 Project is to maximize predictability during construction and minimize disruption for commuters, goods movers, residents and the public. Construction updates will be issued regularly as the project progresses. btw, which thread is the PMB thread? Theres two now??? Perhaps make one for the PMB/H1 project, and one for the SFPR??? |
^ This section is already a bottle neck, 18 months, wow.
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The Other Thread: SFPR, NFPR, PRMH (stands for Pitt River Bridge & Mary Hill Interchange) |
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Okay, that makes sense... I must have misread PRMH as PMH1 for some reason... Re: the 18-months.... yeah... except considering that stretch IS already clogged, with cars moving ~10-20km/hr at rush hour, you won't really notice THAT much of a difference if the lanes have just shifted over. Will tour it all (and the GEB) when I'm in town next week! :cool: |
interesting that the old overpasses are just going to be reinforced rather than replaced entirely... i mean, i know it would be impossible to completely replace them without closing the highway, but they are so old
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They've never considered Rapid Bridge Replacement?
They've done it in Ontario before. Build a bridge next to the site, shut the highway down on a weekend, demolish older bridge, and then shift new bridge onto foundations... open within 72 hours. |
wow, ive never heard of that. crazy stuff
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