Alex Fraser Bridge

Alex Fraser Bridge
Alex Fraser Bridge
Coordinates49°09′35″N 122°56′34″W / 49.1598°N 122.9428°W / 49.1598; -122.9428
CarriesSeven lanes of British Columbia Highway 91, pedestrians and bicycles
CrossesSouth Arm Fraser River
LocaleDelta, BC
OwnerBritish Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Characteristics
Designcable-stayed bridge
MaterialSteel & Reinforced concrete
Total length2,525 m (8,284 ft)
Width32 m (105 ft)
Height154 m (505 ft)
Longest span465 m (1,526 ft)
No. of spans45
Clearance below57 m (187 ft)
History
DesignerBuckland & Taylor
Construction start1983
Construction cost$58 million
OpenedSeptember 22, 1986
Statistics
Daily traffic119,000[1]
Location
Map
References
structurae.de[2] Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure[3]

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, 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.

  1. ^ "Alex Fraser Bridge Improvement Project". Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. ^ Alex Fraser Bridge en.structurae.de (in English, French, and German)
  3. ^ British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure; COWI. "Alex Fraser Bridge No. 02753 General Arrangement" (PDF). www2.gov.bc.ca. British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-06. Retrieved 2022-12-02.