Project Features
Completion: 2009
Construction of a new seven-lane cable-stayed bridge between the cities of Pitt Meadow and Port Coquitlam. The cable-stayed steel section is 380 m (1,247 ft.) long and the concrete approaches are 120 m (394 ft.) long. This project is part of the Gateway Program, which seeks to improve traffic on the roads and bridges of metropolitan Vancouver.
Type of Structure: Cable-stayed bridge 500 m (1,640 ft.) long - 3 spans
General Contractor: Kiewit
Consulting Engineers: MMM Group, Associated Engineering, International Bridge Technologies
Owner: British Columbia Ministry of Transportation
Products and Services
Structal-Bridges
- Fabrication of the steel structure of the bridge (2,600 tons), including 117 main girders
Goodco Z-Tech
- 68 laminated elastomeric bearings with bevelled upper plates – on the piers
- 25 pot bearings (elastomeric) – on the abutments
- 2 finger expansion joints with a drainage system (86 m/282 ft. total)
Highlights of the Project
- Partnership between Structal-Bridges and Rapid-Span
- Three large Goodco Z-Tech finger joints with non-slip surface (thickness of 63 mm/2.5 in.)
Manufacturing Plants
- Quebec City, QC
- St. Gédéon, QC
- Laval, QC
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