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The drab concrete structure, which stands on a series of concrete pillars, opened without ceremony on August 15, 1969. Fears it would be tolled never eventuated. YVR owns and maintains this low-level two-lane bridge, with a pedestrian sidewalk on the west side. Being federal property, signage is in
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right-of way to the south end of the bridge. A new ramp beside the bridge linked this road to its existing foreshore alignment. The city intends to continue the four-lane road along the right-of way for 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) to
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870:Bridges and tunnels in
625:"CBC News, 28 Oct 2011"
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1006:Sea Island Connector
1001:Queensborough Bridge
961:Knight Street Bridge
833:"The Daily Colonist"
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41:Coordinates
1320:Categories
1298:Downstream
1236:CNR Tunnel
1048:CNR Bridge
783:References
629:www.cbc.ca
557:www.yvr.ca
242:WorkSafeBC
191:Sea Island
51:49°10′44″N
1111:Skybridge
534:Dawe 1996
468:Dawe 1996
440:Keen 2002
428:Keen 2002
395:Keen 2002
383:Keen 2002
353:Keen 2002
307:Footnotes
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290:See also
246:Richmond
240:and the
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1120:Tunnels
1094:Bridges
180:History
141:History
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79:Carries
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