Golden Ears Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 49°11′48″N 122°39′57″W / 49.1967°N 122.665829°W |
Carries | 6 lanes of Golden Ears Way, pedestrians and bicycles |
Crosses | Fraser River |
Locale | Township of Langley Maple Ridge |
Maintained by | TransLink |
Characteristics | |
Design | extradosed bridge |
Total length | 976 m[1] (2410 m including approaches) |
Longest span | 244 m[1] |
History | |
Designer | Buckland & Taylor |
Construction start | June 29, 2006 |
Construction end | June 2009 |
Construction cost | $808 million |
Opened | June 16, 2009 (Traffic) |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 30,000 |
Location | |
The Golden Ears Bridge is a six-lane extradosed bridge[2] in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia. It spans the Fraser River, connecting Langley on the south side with Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge on the north side. The bridge opened to traffic on June 16, 2009. The bridge replaced a previous ferry service several kilometers upstream and will be run by a private consortium, the Golden Crossing General Partnership, until June 2041.[3]