New Westminster Bridge

New Westminster Bridge
Coordinates	49°12′29″N 122°53′39″W / 49.208167°N 122.894204°W / 49.208167; -122.894204 (New Westminster Bridge)
Carries	Freight and passenger trains Originally, trains and automobiles
Crosses	Fraser River
Locale	New Westminster Surrey
Owner	Government of Canada
Maintained by	Canadian National Railway
Characteristics
Design	Swing bridge
Material	Steel[1]
Pier construction	Granite[1]
Total length	2,400 ft (731.5 m) (not including approaches) [1]
Longest span	380 ft (120 m)[2]
No. of spans	4
Clearance below	22 ft (6.7 m)[3]: 38
Capacity	60 trains per day[4]
Rail characteristics
No. of tracks	1
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Electrified	No
History
Designer	Waddel & Hedrick[1]
Construction start	August 1902[1]
Opened	July 23, 1904[1]
Statistics
Daily traffic	46 freight trains per day[4]
Location

The New Westminster Bridge (also known as the New Westminster Rail Bridge (NSRW)^[3] or the Fraser River Swing Bridge) is a swing bridge that crosses the Fraser River and connects New Westminster with Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

The bridge is owned by the Government of Canada, operated and maintained by the Canadian National Railway, with the Southern Railway of British Columbia (SRY), Canadian Pacific Kansas City, and BNSF Railway having track usage rights,^[3] as do Amtrak's Cascades (with service to Portland and Seattle) and Via Rail's The Canadian (with service to Toronto).