Skybridge (TransLink)

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The Skybridge is a cable-stayed bridge built in 1989 and located over the Fraser River between New Westminster and Surrey in the Greater Vancouver Regional District of British Columbia, Canada.

Contents 1 Bridge Details 2 See also 3 Notes 4 Reference 5 External links

[edit] Bridge Details

The Skybridge does not carry automotive vehicles, as the neighbouring Pattullo Bridge does, but has two tracks enabling the TransLink SkyTrain to pass either way on the bridge on its journey between King George Station in Surrey and Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver. An additional third set of rails in the middle is used by maintenance crews to truck equipment back and forth on the bridge (not connected to the SkyTrain tracks). The bridge has two 123 m (404 ft) tall towers and carries trains 45 m (150 ft) above the Fraser river and valley. The main span is 340 metres (1,115 ft) and the total length is 616 m (2020 ft), making it the longest transit-only bridge in the world.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of crossings of the Fraser River
• List of bridges in Canada
• List of bridges
• Cable-stayed bridge

[edit] Notes

[edit] Reference

• Bridges of Greater Vancouver

[edit] External links

• Illustration of the Skybridge
• Crossing the Skybridge (YouTube Video)

v • d • e Bridges and Tunnels in Greater Vancouver
Road bridges	Alex Fraser Bridge • Arthur Laing Bridge • Burrard Street Bridge • Cambie Street Bridge • Deering Island Bridge • Dinsmore Bridge • Dollarton Bridge • Georgia Viaduct • Golden Ears Bridge • Granville Street Bridge • Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing • Knight Street Bridge • Lions' Gate Bridge • Moray Bridge • No. 2 Road Bridge • Oak Street Bridge • Pattullo Bridge • Pitt River Bridge • Port Mann Bridge • Queensborough Bridge • Sea Island Bridge • Westham Island Bridge
Road-rail bridges	Derwent Way Bridge
Rail bridges	CNR Bridge • Fraser River Swing Bridge • Marpole Bridge • Middle Arm Bridge • North Arm Bridge • Second Narrows Bridge • Skybridge
Pedestrian bridges	Capilano Suspension Bridge • Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge
Road tunnels	Cassiar Tunnel • George Massey Tunnel
Rail tunnels	B.C. Railway Tunnel • CNR Tunnel • Douglas Tunnel • Dunsmuir Tunnel • Lonsdale Tunnel

Crossings of the Fraser River
Upstream Pattullo Bridge	Skybridge	Downstream Rail bridge (north arm) Alex Fraser Bridge (south arm)

Coordinates: 49.205465° N 122.896993° W