- Coast Meridian Overpass
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Coast Meridian Overpass Carries 4 lanes of Coast Meridian Road, pedestrians and bicycles Locale Port Coquitlam Maintained by City of Port Coquitlam Designer SNC-Lavalin Design cable-stayed bridge Total length 580 m Height 25 m Construction begin March 2008 Construction end March 7, 2010 Coordinates 49°15′27″N 122°45′28″W / 49.25739°N 122.757905°WCoordinates: 49°15′27″N 122°45′28″W / 49.25739°N 122.757905°W The Coast Meridian Overpass is a new four-lane cable stayed bridge[1] in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia crossing the Canadian Pacific railyard. The new bridge has a width of 25 metres, and a length of 580 m. The construction project, officially launched in 2008, links Coast Meridian Road and Lougheed Highway on the north and Kingsway Avenue and Broadway Street on the south. The speed limit on the bridge is 60 km/h.
Construction
The bridge opened on March 7, 2010 and has a fixed total construction cost of $132 million (CAD). The construction contractor is SNC-Lavalin.[2]
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Categories:- Bridges in Vancouver
- Port Coquitlam
- TransLink (British Columbia)
- Road bridges in British Columbia
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