Great Canadian Bridges - Page 13

ssiguy · #1 Posted **Oct 6, 2011, 6:22 PM**

Vancouver has some lovely bridges and I also like the new the new cable stayed ones they have been building in the last 20 years.
The Lion's Gate i a beautiful bridge but my favorite has always been the Burrard.
I really like London's old Blackfriar's Bridge.

My favorite bridge in Canada is also an international one and the smallest international bridge in the world. It's a little tiny walk bridge between two houses that are on their own tiny little islands in Ontario's Thousand Islands. Not only very very cute but also international as one house is on the US side and the other on the Canadian.

davidivivid · #2 Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 1:09 AM**

Tracel - Marina Cap-Rouge par davidivivid, sur Flickr

Travis007 · #3 Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 1:59 AM**

Sweet photo, looks really majestic. Now that's a fine piece of engineering.

Dmajackson · #4 Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 5:42 AM**

I think its time for some East Coast lovin' (all photos NOT by me see links for credits);

Confederation Bridge

F .hayet @ Flickr.com

MacDonald Bridge

HAWKES NS @ Flickr.com

Sherbrooke Bridge (St. Mary's NS circa 1910)

toastedweasel @ Flickr.com

Cape Breton Bridge (near Kelly's Mountain I believe)

John S Y Lee @ Flickr.com

Canso Causeway (swinging bridge)

Sparechange63 @ Flickr.com

St. Martin's

ROC1968 @ Flickr.com

Meat Cove (new bridge built after washout last year)

Strabanephotos @ Flickr.com

And my personal favourites the one lane bridges. This particular one has no location listed but it says Nova Scotia and I have a hunch its the one I love on the backroad to Pugwash

ɔɐɯ uǝɥdǝʇs(mighty busy) @ Flickr.com

LeftCoaster · #5 Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 1:21 PM**

Love that St. Martin's bridge.

red-paladin · #6 Posted **Oct 8, 2011, 3:55 PM**

Progress on the new Port Mann Bridge.

From http://www.earthcam.com/clients/brit.../?cam=capehorn

MolsonExport · #7 Posted **Oct 11, 2011, 1:00 PM**

The Port Mann Bridge replacement looks every bit as great as the Mary Hill subdevelopment in PoCo looks like shit.

MolsonExport · #8 Posted **Oct 11, 2011, 4:48 PM**

^It is the official anthem for the RRQ

Acajack · #9 Posted **Oct 12, 2011, 2:33 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

^It is the official anthem for the RRQ

RRQ = Régie des rentes du Québec? The pension and benefits agency?

MolsonExport · #10 Posted **Oct 12, 2011, 5:04 PM**

Le RRQ, le Réseau de Résistance du Québécois

They have a real soft-spot for the Royal family.

Metro-One · #11 Posted **Oct 14, 2011, 5:52 AM**

Hello, nothing special but here is some info on the new Donald Bridge over the Columbia River west of Golden. Part of the upgrading of the #1 through BC.

It is currently u/c.

Metro-One · #12 Posted **Oct 21, 2011, 12:26 AM**

So today was a nice afternoon in Vancouver to go for a walk over the Canada Line Bridge and snap some photos (The C-Line bridge has a nice pedestrian / bike walkway built under the tracks).

Here is the Vancouver side approach, heading south

A look of the bridge from the south end (looking towards Vancouver). The good thing about skytrain is there are trains passing by every 3 minutes, so one does not have to wait long to snap a pic of some train action

Again looking north. One thing that Vancouver's mass transit system has is the most impressive metro bridges in Canada.

The pedestrian walkway itself mid span with the southbound rail bed hanging above.

And here is where the Canada Line dips below the Oak Street Bridge in Richmond (highway 99). Crazy jumbled areas like this have made metro-vancouver feel larger IMO.

And here is the Oak Street Bridge entering Vancouver (the end of the freeway portion of highway 99) You can also see the fall colours now nearing full bloom.

All pics are my own, cheers!

My Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30634635@N03/?saved=1

Calebb · #13 Posted **Oct 24, 2011, 12:59 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Hello, nothing special but here is some info on the new Donald Bridge over the Columbia River west of Golden. Part of the upgrading of the #1 through BC.

It is currently u/c.

Why stop there at just the bridge? Does BC have any plans for elevated bridge viaducts for their portion of HWY 1. I always hear them making excuses for the lack of lanes because some parts of the mountains only have narrow passage ways, yet a simple elevated bridge viaduct would solve all those problems.

bulliver · #14 Posted **Oct 24, 2011, 1:04 AM**

^$$$$$$$$$

Metro-One · #15 Posted **Dec 3, 2011, 9:38 PM**

So on my bike ride yesterday i finally got some pics of what is in my opinion Canada's most elegant Bridge, the Lions Gate.

and looking through the towers to downtown.

All pics are my own: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30634635@N03/

Cheers!

Dwils01 · #16 Posted **Dec 3, 2011, 9:45 PM**

I love Vancouver metro bridges.
I would really like to see more of the Port Mann Bridge.

entheosfog · #17 Posted **Dec 12, 2011, 8:44 AM**

The two Port Mann bridges, seen from New Westminster:

Symz · #18 Posted **Dec 12, 2011, 1:58 PM**

awesome pics Metro-One, the first pic looks like you were hovering in mid air next to the bridge.

red-paladin · #19 Posted **Dec 12, 2011, 5:43 PM**

From http://www.earthcam.com/clients/brit...=johnston_hill

Sorry for the excessive size, but that's the size the file is!

mike474 · #20 Posted **Dec 12, 2011, 8:54 PM**

When did they start building that thing? Seems like construction is really humming along. I'll have to check it out when I'm in Vancouver later this month. I used to live in the valley

and spent a lot of time stuck in traffic on that bridge trying to escape the boredom