Arthur Laing Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 49°11′58″N 123°08′09″W / 49.199317°N 123.135817°W |
| Carries | 4 lanes of Grant McConachie Way, bicycles |
| Crosses | North Arm Fraser River |
| Locale | Richmond Vancouver |
| Maintained by | Vancouver International Airport |
| Preceded by | Marpole Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cantilever bridge |
| Total length | 1676 m |
| Width | 20 m |
| Longest span | 270 m |
| History | |
| Designer | Cochrane Group |
| Opened | 27 August 1975 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 79,000[1] |
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The Arthur Laing Bridge is a crossing over the north arm of the Fraser River, and several minor roads, in Metro Vancouver.
Connecting Grant McConachie Way with SW Marine Drive, the bridge is 1,676 metres (5,499 ft) long and 20 metres (66 ft) wide, with a 270-metre (890 ft) main span standing 20 metres (66 ft) above the river.[2] The main span comprises haunched (deeper at supports) steel box-girders and the approaches are concrete box-girders.[3] YVR owns and maintains[4] this high-level four-lane crossing, that has no sidewalks, and cyclists ride on the shoulders of the roadway. Being federal property, signage is in both official languages.[5] The Middle Arm SkyTrain Bridge, which opened in 2009, passes over the Arthur Laing southern approach.
- ^ "Daily Hive, 26 May 2016". www.dailyhive.com.
- ^ Dawe 1996, p. 62.
- ^ "Structure of the Arthur Laing Bridge". www.structurae.net.
- ^ "Transportation Agencies". www.richmond.ca.
- ^ Dawe 1996, pp. 61–62.