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The Burrard Street Bridge is an Art Deco style bridge located in Vancouver, British Columbia. It spans across False Creek connecting downtown to Kitsilano. G.H. Thornton Sharp was the head architect and the lead engineer was John R. Grant. The bridge was officially opened by Mayor Louis D. Taylor on July 1, 1932. The great torch like towers were built as a tribute to Canadian World War I prisoners of war who huddled around open fires in their camps. The bridge piers have provision for a rapid transit vertical lift span beneath the highway deck, but was never installed. (read more)