Vancouver's New Port Mann Bridge: 10-lanes, $3-billion

mr.x · February 6th, 2009, 12:52 AM

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON METRO VANCOUVER'S NEW PORT MANN BRIDGE - 10 LANES, $3-TOLL EACH WAY, AND AT A COST OF $3-BILLION

Out of the blue, yesterday the BC Ministry of Transportation announced that the Port Mann Bridge would be replaced with a $3-billion, 10-lane mothership bridge. The design unveiling and construction groundbreaking happened on the same day.

The new bridge will replace the existing 5-lane bridge build in the 1950's.

The new bridge will open in 2013.

Existing bridge will be demolished after the new bridge is open:

***deasine*** · February 6th, 2009, 04:43 AM

More pictures are found in Vancouver's Bridges Thread.

Onn · February 7th, 2009, 12:07 AM

Wow, that's quite the project for Vancouver. Looks great!

***deasine*** · February 7th, 2009, 04:34 AM

New Videos from the Ministry of Transportation about Port Mann and SFPR

http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/gateway/info...multimedia.htm

officedweller · March 5th, 2010, 12:07 AM

Webcams:

http://www.earthcam.com/clients/brit...mbia/portmann/

East Tower, March 4, 2010 from the webcam:

Another render:

http://www.ibtengineers.com/PROJECTS...ortmann-1.html

From the International Bridge Technologies, Inc. website:

Quote:

The new 2073-m (6,801-ft)-long Port Mann Bridge will carry the Trans Canada Highway (TCH) with ten lanes of traffic across the Fraser River in Vancouver, BC. The crossing includes an 850-m (2,789-ft)-long cable-stayed main span unit with 1223-m (4,012-ft)-long precast concrete segmental box girder approaches.The cable-stayed structure includes a main span of 470 m (1,542 ft) and side spans of 190 m (623 ft). The 65-m (213-ft)-wide superstructure consists of two five-lane decks, separated by a 10-m (32-ft) median where the central pylons are located. Each separate roadway is supported by two planes of stay cables and consists of a composite structure with steel edge girders and floor beams, with precast concrete panels. The single mast concrete pylons house anchorages for all 4 planes of cables. Pylons reach a height of about 160 m (524 ft) over the water, with the upper 40 meters (131 ft) reserved for the stay anchorage housings made of a composite steel concrete structure. The approach spans consist of three parallel precast segmental box girders with cantilever construction above the water and span-by-span construction on land. Foundations for the new Port Mann Bridge are generally 1.8-m (5.9-ft) steel piles or drilled shafts, supported on a firm ground till layer under the loose sand deposits at a depth below the river.
Owner: Ministry of Transportation, British Columbia, Canada
Design-Build Contractor: Peter Kiewit Sons Co. / Flatiron Constructors
Consultants: T.Y. Lin International in collaboration with IBT
IBT's Role: Detailed design, construction engineering, construction supervision

Blue raven · March 6th, 2010, 01:13 AM

Isn't 10 lanes kind of overdoing it, or is Vancouver traffic that bad?

Huhu · March 6th, 2010, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Blue raven

Isn't 10 lanes kind of overdoing it, or is Vancouver traffic that bad?

It's THAT bad.

geogregor · March 6th, 2010, 02:31 PM

What will they do with old bridge when new one is finished?

Huhu · March 8th, 2010, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geogregor

What will they do with old bridge when new one is finished?

geogregor · March 8th, 2010, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huhu

Hopefully they use a bit less explosive material

It would be nice to keep some parts of Vancouver standing

Elnerico · March 8th, 2010, 01:28 PM

looks like the golden ears. $3 toll? Even less reason for me to go to Surrey.

webeagle12 · March 11th, 2010, 03:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geogregor

What will they do with old bridge when new one is finished?

Quote:

Existing bridge will be demolished after the new bridge is open:

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mopc · March 12th, 2010, 04:58 PM

How about you tell us what it links?

Spoolmak · March 16th, 2010, 04:42 AM

Vancouver to the rest of Canada
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Surrey - Coquitlam

officedweller · October 12th, 2010, 05:27 AM

From the webcam Sept 29th, 2010:

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South approach Oct 4th, 2010 from the webcam.
The bent (lintel) shown will probably be where the suspended sections from the bridge will anchor to the south approach, as there are no columns to the north of it.

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Webcam pic October 6th:

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officedweller · December 25th, 2010, 08:42 AM

Pic of the Port Mann Bridge and Johnston Hill posted on SSP:

image hosted on flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/...0a658bc8_b.jpg

officedweller · January 22nd, 2011, 01:02 AM

Webcam pics from today - looks like the first segment of bridge deck is being built (as opposed to being prefabricated)
on the east-side outrigger of the south tower:

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Huhu · January 22nd, 2011, 07:53 AM

They are moving that big yellow deck-laying-crane thingy to the north end I think.

officedweller · February 8th, 2011, 06:40 AM

Pics from the Johnston Hill webcam today:

There's steel on the outriggers for the roadway on both sides of the tower now:

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Concrete retaining wall being built on the east side of the right-of-way:

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Luli Pop · February 9th, 2011, 03:37 AM

this is project is so un-ecologic...

February 6th, 2009, 12:52 AM	#1
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October 12th, 2010, 05:27 AM	#15
officedweller Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,340 Likes (Received): 0	From the webcam Sept 29th, 2010: Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us South approach Oct 4th, 2010 from the webcam. The bent (lintel) shown will probably be where the suspended sections from the bridge will anchor to the south approach, as there are no columns to the north of it. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Webcam pic October 6th: Uploaded with ImageShack.us __________________ officedweller

December 25th, 2010, 08:42 AM	#16
officedweller Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,340 Likes (Received): 0	Pic of the Port Mann Bridge and Johnston Hill posted on SSP: image hosted on flickr http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/...0a658bc8_b.jpg __________________ officedweller

January 22nd, 2011, 01:02 AM	#17
officedweller Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,340 Likes (Received): 0	Webcam pics from today - looks like the first segment of bridge deck is being built (as opposed to being prefabricated) on the east-side outrigger of the south tower: Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us __________________ officedweller

February 8th, 2011, 06:40 AM	#19
officedweller Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,340 Likes (Received): 0	Pics from the Johnston Hill webcam today: There's steel on the outriggers for the roadway on both sides of the tower now: Uploaded with ImageShack.us Concrete retaining wall being built on the east side of the right-of-way: Uploaded with ImageShack.us __________________ officedweller

February 6th, 2009, 04:43 AM	#2
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Onn BANNED Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The United States Posts: 1,547 Likes (Received): 3	Wow, that's quite the project for Vancouver. Looks great!

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*deasine* =) Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,490 Likes (Received): 6	New Videos from the Ministry of Transportation about Port Mann and SFPR http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/gateway/info...multimedia.htm

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