Granville Street Bridge
The Granville Street Bridge is an eight lane bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia. It spans 27.4 metres above False Creek and Granville Island. It is part of BC Highway 99.Top photos chosen by u all:
Granville Street Bridge, Vancouver
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HDR image reprocessed from a photo taken in July, 2007 of the Granville Street Bridge, Vancouver, Canada. The bridge is reflecting the setting sun. Additional Bridge Photos and a Bridge Blog at www.Bridgepix.com. The Granville Street Bridge is an eight lane bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia. It spans 27.4 metres above False Creek and Granville Island. It is part of BC Highway 99. The original bridge was completed in 1889. It was a 732-metre long low timber trestle. The navigation span, near the north end, was a trussed timber swing span, tied with wire ropes to a central wooden tower. It was largely designed by the CPR, and cost $16,000. In 1891 the bridge was widened on both sides for streetcar tracks, except where the tracks converged for the swing span. The second bridge was completed in 1909. It was a longer, medium-level steel bridge with a through truss swing span. On February 4, 1954, the current Granville Street Bridge, costing $16.5 million, opened. A million cars would cross over the bridge in its first month. The city of Vancouver funded the bridge itself as Mayor Frederick Hume said no formal assistance given by any other government body. It was once the widest bridge in North America — by 1 centimetre. The eight-lane structure was constructed on the same alignment as the first bridge while steel plate girders salvaged from the second bridge made barges for constructing the foundations of the Oak Street Bridge. The first “civilian” to drive over the 1954 bridge was the same woman who was first to drive over the second bridge in 1909. She had been widowed in between the two openings, and so had a different name. Both times she was at the wheel of a brand-new Cadillac. Recent improvements to the bridge include increasing its earthquake resistance, and installing higher curbs and median barriers. (Wikipedia)
Granville Street Bridge, Vancouver
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The Granville Street Bridge is an eight lane bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia. It spans 27.4 metres above False Creek and Granville Island. It is part of BC Highway 99. The original bridge was completed in 1889. It was a 732-metre long low timber trestle. The navigation span, near the north end, was a trussed timber swing span, tied with wire ropes to a central wooden tower. It was largely designed by the CPR, and cost $16,000. In 1891 the bridge was widened on both sides for streetcar tracks, except where the tracks converged for the swing span. The second bridge was completed in 1909. It was a longer, medium-level steel bridge with a through truss swing span. On February 4, 1954, the current Granville Street Bridge, costing $16.5 million, opened. A million cars would cross over the bridge in its first month. The city of Vancouver funded the bridge itself as Mayor Frederick Hume said no formal assistance given by any other government body. It was once the widest bridge in North America — by 1 centimetre. The eight-lane structure was constructed on the same alignment as the first bridge while steel plate girders salvaged from the second bridge made barges for constructing the foundations of the Oak Street Bridge. The first “civilian” to drive over the 1954 bridge was the same woman who was first to drive over the second bridge in 1909. She had been widowed in between the two openings, and so had a different name. Both times she was at the wheel of a brand-new Cadillac. Recent improvements to the bridge include increasing its earthquake resistance, and installing higher curbs and median barriers. (Wikipedia)
Granville South
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I took this on the same evening that I took this photo. Although it's not the nicest, quietest place to sit for an hour and a half, it's yet another great spot to view this amazing city. It was taken on the Granville Street Bridge, facing south. Scanned slide, colour corrected, sharpened in Photoshop. www.tripleman.com
Grandviille Street Bridge
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Grandviille Street Bridge going into Downtown Vancouver.
Traffic
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Northbound traffic on the Granville Street bridge
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