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A Brief History of the Pattullo Bridge
The Pattullo Bridge over the Fraser River is the only major steel through-arch highway bridge remaining in British Columbia. Opened in 1937, the bridge replaced the narrow traffic lane above the railway tracks on the New Westminster Rail Bridge, improving vehicular traffic volumes. It connects the former BC capital of New Westminster with the region of Surrey and, along the Pacific Highway, the USA. Col. W. G. Swan (1885–1970) led the bridge design team, and the structural steel was fabricated and erected by the Dominion Bridge Company, both iconic names in the history of bridge engineering in BC. The Pattullo Bridge was the first major crossing into the Southern Greater Vancouver Area during a time of rapid societal expansion and has served a pivotal role, for almost 90 years, connecting suburban areas with metropolitan Vancouver. The impending replacement of the Pattullo Bridge heightens its historic importance: steel through-arch designs in BC, and so a part of British Columbia’s structural engineering history will become extinct.
A Brief History of the Pattullo Bridge
The Pattullo Bridge over the Fraser River is the only major steel through-arch highway bridge remaining in British Columbia. Opened in 1937, the bridge replaced the narrow traffic lane above the railway tracks on the New Westminster Rail Bridge, improving vehicular traffic volumes. It connects the former BC capital of New Westminster with the region of Surrey and, along the Pacific Highway, the USA. Col. W. G. Swan (1885–1970) led the bridge design team, and the structural steel was fabricated and erected by the Dominion Bridge Company, both iconic names in the history of bridge engineering in BC. The Pattullo Bridge was the first major crossing into the Southern Greater Vancouver Area during a time of rapid societal expansion and has served a pivotal role, for almost 90 years, connecting suburban areas with metropolitan Vancouver. The impending replacement of the Pattullo Bridge heightens its historic importance: steel through-arch designs in BC, and so a part of British Columbia’s structural engineering history will become extinct.
A Brief History of the Pattullo Bridge
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Gupta, Rishi (editor) / Sun, Min (editor) / Brzev, Svetlana (editor) / Alam, M. Shahria (editor) / Ng, Kelvin Tsun Wai (editor) / Li, Jianbing (editor) / El Damatty, Ashraf (editor) / Lim, Clark (editor) / Johal, Jivan (author) / Bartlett, F. Michael (author)
Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference ; 2022 ; Whistler, BC, BC, Canada
Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2022 ; Chapter: 49 ; 801-817
2023-08-17
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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