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Pitt River Bridge (1957, 1978)
Pitt River Bridge (1957, 1978)
Coordinates	49°14′54″N 122°43′47″W / 49.2484°N 122.7296°W
Carries	Four lanes of British Columbia Highway 7, Lougheed Highway
Crosses	Pitt River
Locale	Port Coquitlam; Pitt Meadows
Maintained by	British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Followed by	Pitt River Bridge (fourth, 2009)
Characteristics
Design	swing bridge
Total length	333.5 m (1094 ft) (1957); 360.9 m (1184 ft) (1978)
History
Opened	21 October, 1957 (Westbound span), ; 1 August, 1978 (Eastbound span)
Closed	4 October, 2009 ; (demolished November 2010)
Location

Pitt River Bridge (1915)
Pitt River Bridge (1915)
Coordinates	49°14′54″N 122°43′48″W / 49.2482°N 122.73°W
Carries	Dewdney Trunk Road, Lougheed Highway
Crosses	Pitt River
Locale	Port Coquitlam; Pitt Meadows
Maintained by	Department of Public Works, Department of Highways
Followed by	Pitt River Bridge (1957)
Characteristics
Design	swing bridge
History
Opened	1 or 3 March 1915
Location

Pitt River Bridge (2009)
Pitt River Bridge (2009)
Coordinates	49°14′54″N 122°43′47″W / 49.2482°N 122.7297°W
Carries	Seven lanes of British Columbia Highway 7, pedestrians and bicycles
Crosses	Pitt River
Locale	Port Coquitlam; Pitt Meadows
Owner	British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Preceded by	Pitt River Bridge (1915, 1957, 1978)
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
History
Opened	October 4, 2009
Statistics
Daily traffic	79,000
Location

The Pitt River Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Pitt River between Port Coquitlam and Pitt Meadows in British Columbia, Canada. The bridge is part of Highway 7, carrying Lougheed Highway across the river. The current bridge opened on October 4, 2009. The bridge includes a 380 m cable stay bridge structure, 126 m of multi-span approaches, a 50 m interchange structure and approximately 2 km of grade construction. Total project cost for the bridge was $200 million^[2]

Previous bridges

Three road bridges have existed before the modern bridges' construction. The first road bridge was completed in 1915 and opened either on 1st or 3rd of March. It cost $800,000 (equivalent to $20,078,688.52 in 2022).^[5]^[6] This first road bridge was originally the second Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) bridge over the Pitt River, a swing bridge that opened in 1907 to replace the original 1880s rail bridge. CPR decided to replace that single-track railway bridge with a new double-track railway bridge. CPR then sold the existing 1907 bridge to the province of British Columbia, which floated that bridge a small distance upstream and converted it into the original road crossing.^[7] Before its construction, traffic utilized a government-subsidized ferry,^[8]^[9]^[10] which had started its operation on 27 September 1902.^[11]

The second span, a highway bridge was opened on 21 October, 1957 by Premier W. A. C. Bennett and cost $1,050,000 (equivalent $10,861,824.32 in 2022 dollars).^[12] The original Pitt River road bridge (second Pitt River rail bridge) was purchased by the Western Canada Steel company and floated downstream along the Fraser River to connect Vancouver and Richmond, BC with its plant on Twigg Island as a road-rail bridge.^[7]

The third (northern) span was built in the 1978 at cost of $2.8 million dollars (equivalent to $11,554,716.98 in 2022) and was opened on 1 August by Highways Minister Alex Fraser.^[13] It was located to the north of the 1957 bridge.

The mid-swing span of the south span sometimes did not seat properly in the closed position, becoming stuck and causing very long traffic line-ups (especially before the north span was built), but this problem was fixed many years ago. The control house also operated the lane control system after the system became operational.

Each of the two spans had two lanes. In 1997 a counterflow system was installed, being completed on the 10th of October. During the morning and evening commute times, the system would reverse a lane on one of the two bridges so that three lanes of traffic were operational in a single direction. In vogue with the Massey Tunnel's system, the system directed three lanes towards Vancouver in the morning from 6 AM until 8:30 AM, and likewise from 3:30 PM until 6:00 PM towards Maple Ridge.^[14]

New bridge and Mary Hill Interchange Project

The original bridges were replaced with a cable-stayed bridge and a free-flowing interchange to replace the Mary-Hill Bypass–Lougheed intersection. On October 4, 2009, four lanes of the new bridge opened to general traffic, soon expanding to three lanes for westbound traffic and four for eastbound traffic. The new span has been engineered to allow for different lane allocations in the future, including an 8th lane and possible rapid transit. It also allows for up to 16 meters of vertical clearance for marine traffic. The new bridge structure was built between the two earlier bridges, which were subsequently demolished; all demolition was completed on November 22, 2010.[1]

References

^ Delta proposes $1.00 toll on all Metro Vancouver bridges
^ "Transportation Planning | WSP".
^ British Columbia Department of Highways (1959). Minister of Highways Report for the Fiscal Year 1957/58 (Report). Victoria: Government of British Columbia. doi:10.14288/1.0355425. J110.L5 S7; 1959_V01_11_G1_G163. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^ British Columbia Department of Highways and Public Works (1978). Minister of Highways and Public Works Report for the Fiscal Year 1977/78 (Report). Victoria: Government of British Columbia. p. 41. doi:10.14288/1.0378743. J110.L5 S7; 1979_V01_15_001_294. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^ Thomson, Stuart (1915). Provincial Government Bridge - Pitt River Commenced Construction June 9, 1914 - open for traffic March 1, 1915 – via Vancouver Archives.
^ "New Bridge Completed". The Vancouver Daily Province. 5 March 1915. p. 5. ProQuest 2368083947.
^ ^a ^b Donald Luxton and Associates Inc. "Appendix D: Statements of significance (2020)" (PDF). Heritage inventory review & update (Report). Richmond, British Columbia. pp. 71–74. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
^ "Your History: Born on the Pitt River Bridge (or Thereabouts)". The Tri City News. 16 October 2009. p. 22. ProQuest 374907803.
^ "Public Works". The Vancouver Daily Province. 5 June 1903. p. 8. ProQuest 2367997578.
^ "Canadian Pacific Railway". pittmeadowsmuseum.com. Pitt Meadows Museum. Retrieved 28 Jan 2022.
^ "Interesting Items". The Vancouver Daily Province. 29 September 1902. p. 9. ProQuest 2368000604.
^ "New Bridges Open Oct. 21". The Vancouver Sun. 2 October 1957. p. 25. ProQuest 2240182623.
^ "Pitt River Bridge Opens Tuesday". The Vancouver Sun. 18 October 1978. p. 75. ProQuest 2244341553.
^ Government of British Columbia (10 October 1997). "Pitt River Bridges Counterflow System Complete". New Westminster. Retrieved 28 Jan 2022.

[1] Delta proposes $1.00 toll on all Metro Vancouver bridges

[2] "Transportation Planning | WSP".

[3] British Columbia Department of Highways (1959). Minister of Highways Report for the Fiscal Year 1957/58 (Report). Victoria: Government of British Columbia. doi:10.14288/1.0355425. J110.L5 S7; 1959_V01_11_G1_G163. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

[4] British Columbia Department of Highways and Public Works (1978). Minister of Highways and Public Works Report for the Fiscal Year 1977/78 (Report). Victoria: Government of British Columbia. p. 41. doi:10.14288/1.0378743. J110.L5 S7; 1979_V01_15_001_294. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

[5] Thomson, Stuart (1915). Provincial Government Bridge - Pitt River Commenced Construction June 9, 1914 - open for traffic March 1, 1915 – via Vancouver Archives.

[6] "New Bridge Completed". The Vancouver Daily Province. 5 March 1915. p. 5. ProQuest 2368083947.

[Luxton-7] Donald Luxton and Associates Inc. "Appendix D: Statements of significance (2020)" (PDF). Heritage inventory review & update (Report). Richmond, British Columbia. pp. 71–74. Retrieved January 24, 2025.

[8] "Your History: Born on the Pitt River Bridge (or Thereabouts)". The Tri City News. 16 October 2009. p. 22. ProQuest 374907803.

[9] "Public Works". The Vancouver Daily Province. 5 June 1903. p. 8. ProQuest 2367997578.

[10] "Canadian Pacific Railway". pittmeadowsmuseum.com. Pitt Meadows Museum. Retrieved 28 Jan 2022.

[11] "Interesting Items". The Vancouver Daily Province. 29 September 1902. p. 9. ProQuest 2368000604.

[12] "New Bridges Open Oct. 21". The Vancouver Sun. 2 October 1957. p. 25. ProQuest 2240182623.

[13] "Pitt River Bridge Opens Tuesday". The Vancouver Sun. 18 October 1978. p. 75. ProQuest 2244341553.

[14] Government of British Columbia (10 October 1997). "Pitt River Bridges Counterflow System Complete". New Westminster. Retrieved 28 Jan 2022.

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