stal̕əw̓asəm (Riverview) Bridge (Pattullo Bridge Replacement) | U/C

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

Anyway fantasy thought what about a tunnel under new west from the new bridge that comes out somewhere near Gaglardi/Highway 1.

That would be the Stormont Connector - but I think you know that...

[Tvisforme]

Originally Posted by whatnext

The NDP has always sucked at building infrastructure. Witness the millions spent back in the day to upgrade the Lions Gate from a three lane bridge to a slightly wider three lane bridge.

That wasn't simply an "NDP thing", there was significant local opposition on both sides of the bridge to increasing the number of lanes in that location. You can't just boost bridge capacity without also making major changes to the road network in Vancouver and on the North Shore. There's not a lot of room on Georgia Street, Capilano Road or Taylor Way to expand the roadways, and no easily accessible freeway to take up the slack. That, along with the heritage value and iconic status of the LGB, is why many proposals over the years have focused on a third crossing. That being said, the revamp did significantly improve traffic flow and also made the bridge much safer, especially for pedestrians. It was also a remarkable engineering achievement, and the company went on to do the same thing in Halifax.

[aberdeen5698]

Originally Posted by whatnext

The NDP has always sucked at building infrastructure. Witness the millions spent back in the day to upgrade the Lions Gate from a three lane bridge to a slightly wider three lane bridge.

That "upgrade" was required because the bridge deck was corroding and needed to be replaced. The extra width was a bonus. There was no way to increase the number of lanes without tearing the existing bridge down and replacing it with a new one, which would have been an order of magnitude more expensive, at least.

I still think of how they were able to replace the entire deck of the bridge using only nighttime closures as an amazing feat of engineering. It wasn't just a resurfacing job, they actually detached the old deck sections from the suspension cables, lowered them down to a barge, hoisted a new section up and attached it to the cables, one deck section per evening. Amazing.

[CanSpice]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

back to the bridge, Does anyone use it regularly?

I take it weekly to get to and from Langley from New West. I get stuck in the evening rush hour over the bridge towards Surrey, and that's the kind of standard gong show where traffic's backed up to 8th Street, but coming back it's typically after 7:30pm so it's smooth sailing over the bridge. The only time I've had delays was when they were doing some sort of construction at the light on King George and dropped everything to one lane on the road that comes off Highway 17 to King George.

[CanSpice]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

In that specific case, it was all the hippies trying to save the trees in Stanley Park. In this case, it's New West trying to block all the traffic going through them.

That has nothing to do with the province dropping the connection improvements to Highway 17 on the Surrey side.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

In that specific case, it was all the hippies trying to save the trees in Stanley Park. In this case, it's New West trying to block all the traffic going through them.

And the Vancouver Parks Board ended up cutting down most of the trees anyway recently with their Looper moth tree cull.

[Bcasey25raptor]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Yep, the NDP really dropped the ball in removing the Surrey side upgrades.

My prediction, in 3 to 5 years a new project will be announced, that will expand the bridge to 6 lanes and will completely rebuild the Surrey connections with full free flow with the SFPR, involving the upgrading of the Bridgeview Drive intersection to an interchange, akin to the recently completed Sunbury Interchange project.

BC, where you always need to build things twice!

yeah, just one more lane bro, will totally fix the problem this time......

[mcj]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Yep, the NDP really dropped the ball in removing the Surrey side upgrades.

My prediction, in 3 to 5 years a new project will be announced, that will expand the bridge to 6 lanes and will completely rebuild the Surrey connections with full free flow with the SFPR, involving the upgrading of the Bridgeview Drive intersection to an interchange, akin to the recently completed Sunbury Interchange project.

BC, where you always need to build things twice!

6 lanes is a non-starter in New West without the Brunette to Stewardson tunnel. Add to your proposed scope: build the Brunette to Stewardson tunnel and remove Royal/Front from truck routes, reduce Royal to a single lane boulevard and completely pedestrianize Front street (providing a park connection from Pier Park to Sapperton Landing Park), and you'll see support flip in New West.

[Metro-One]

Originally Posted by Bcasey25raptor

yeah, just one more lane bro, will totally fix the problem this time......

Tell me you don't understand the mechanics of traffic flow without telling me. The two extra lanes would not be through lanes, but add drop lanes from the on / off ramps. No new lanes would be entering or exiting New West itself, it would simply remove unnecessary merging pinch points that have been designed into the four lane configuration.

As for mcj, I agree with your overall approach.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by officedweller

I think there should be an anglicized version of the name versus an english translation.

i.e.
https://www.google.com/search?q=kitsilan...D0QYsdo3BR_R1cZGolbmN4GHshwQ8tmw&csuir=1

There are 3 or 4 different ways you can refer to Kitsilano (or even Khatsahlano),
but we don't call that neighbourhood "X̱ats'alanex̱w" nor do we call it "Man of the Lake"
(though "Man of the Lake" may make for a good restaurant or pub name).

Agreed 100%, I really don't understand the new form of doing it with Rainbow Park and Riverview Bridge. In my view it is detrimental to what the first nations are trying to encourage with their language being present in their ancestral territory.

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Yep, the NDP really dropped the ball in removing the Surrey side upgrades.

My prediction, in 3 to 5 years a new project will be announced, that will expand the bridge to 6 lanes and will completely rebuild the Surrey connections with full free flow with the SFPR, involving the upgrading of the Bridgeview Drive intersection to an interchange, akin to the recently completed Sunbury Interchange project.

BC, where you always need to build things twice!

3 to 5 years? Don't be silly, it will be 15.

Originally Posted by Bcasey25raptor

yeah, just one more lane bro, will totally fix the problem this time......

Excellent, well crafted rebuttal.

[s211]

Originally Posted by Repthe250

I like the name, it has a nice ring to it. I’m sure it’ll grow on people. It fits in with other similar sounding names like Coquitlam,
Tsawwassen or Kitsilano.

Indeed. Riverview sounds great!

[madog222]

They have updated the Bridge Opening page on the project website.
Phase 1 of opening will now be a single lane open on the new bridge leading to the EB Columbia off ramp only. Planned for “by Christmas”, technically still meeting their announced opening date.
Later phases, including the one week closure of both bridges will occur in January.


Image from Province of BC https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/construction/bridge-opening/

[madog222]

As of the 17th half of the main span is still bare concrete.

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[Vantage]

Originally Posted by madog222

As of the 17th half of the main span is still bare concrete.

You can see them paving the ramp to Columbia in that drone video. Won't take long to pave the rest of that NB lane.

[surrey]

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/12/23...ridge-replacement-opening-christmas-eve/

wow....they are actually sticking to the deadline....one lane opens tomorrow

[Cobb Nixon]

looks undersized hardly wider than the old bridge

[Lexus]

Originally Posted by Cobb Nixon

looks undersized hardly wider than the old bridge

That’s because 3rd lane is currently been used and multi use pathway.

[madog222]

Originally Posted by Cobb Nixon

looks undersized hardly wider than the old bridge

For one, the lanes of the new bridge are of standard width so trucks don’t need to take both lanes as all trucks do on the current bridge.

[madog222]

Originally Posted by madog222

They have updated the Bridge Opening page on the project website.
Phase 1 of opening will now be a single lane open on the new bridge leading to the EB Columbia off ramp only. Planned for “by Christmas”, technically still meeting their announced opening date.
Later phases, including the one week closure of both bridges will occur in January.

Page has been updated again, now reads that the single lane will open tomorrow on the 24th.

https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/construction/bridge-opening/

Edit: Also confirmed on the projects’s Twitter.

[cjones2451]

Originally Posted by madog222

Page has been updated again, now reads that the single lane will open tomorrow on the 24th.

https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/construction/bridge-opening/

Edit: Also confirmed on the projects’s Twitter.

Its open, who is going to drive it with the dashcam on and post first