Alex Fraser Bridge
The Alex Fraser Bridge (also known as the Annacis Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Fraser River that connects Richmond and New Westminster with North Delta in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia. The bridge is named for Alex Fraser (1916 – 1989), a former British Columbia Minister of Transportation. The bridge was the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world when it opened on September 22, 1986, and was the longest in North America until the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, in the U.S. state of South Carolina opened in 2005.
Alex Fraser Bridge | |
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Alex Fraser Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 49.1598°N 122.9428°W |
| Carries | Seven lanes of British Columbia Highway 91, pedestrians and bicycles |
| Crosses | South Arm Fraser River |
| Locale | Delta, BC |
| Owner | British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | cable-stayed bridge |
| Material | Steel & Reinforced concrete |
| Total length | 2,525 m (8,284 ft) |
| Width | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Height | 154 m (505 ft) |
| Longest span | 465 m (1,526 ft) |
| No. of spans | 45 |
| Clearance below | 57 m (187 ft) |
| History | |
| Designer | Buckland & Taylor |
| Construction start | 1983 |
| Construction cost | $58 million |
| Opened | September 22, 1986 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 119,000 |
| Location | |
| References | |
| structurae.de Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure | |
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