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Moray Bridge

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The single lane each way, 1957–2001, was subject to traffic congestion from vehicle accidents, swing span openings for boats, or rush hour volumes. Linking Sea Island Way on Lulu Island and Miller Rd on Sea Island, the roadway intersected Airport Rd. On construction in the late 1970s, Russ Baker Way
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The concrete and steel second bridge across the Moray Channel cost about $ 1m, of which the federal government contributed $ 400,000. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure for BC owns and maintains this low-level two-lane bridge. The centre swing span is 53 metres, and the approaches are
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required repairing and surrounding the protection piers with rock. The expansion joints were repaired in 1962–63. Attached to the western approach, the tender house was replaced the following year. This small building houses the human operator of the swing-span controls. In 1980–81, major
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became the new intersection, making Airport Rd. (south) a cul-de-sac. Prior to 2001, Airport Rd. (north) leading to Grauer Rd., and Cessna Dr., branched at the foot of the bridge. Following the 2001 opening of the
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Buildings and structures in Richmond, British Columbia
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Two lanes of Sea Island Way, pedestrians and bicycles
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Coordinates
49°11′31″N 123°08′13″W / 49.19194°N 123.13694°W / 49.19194; -123.13694
Middle Arm Fraser River
Richmond
swing bridge
Fraser River
Metro Vancouver
Richard Moody
Corps of Royal Engineers
New Westminster
Oak Street Bridge
Marpole Bridge (road)
Vancouver International Airport
Arthur Laing Bridge
Lulu Island
Sea Island
scouring
pier protection

Sea Island Bridge
Dinsmore Bridge
Sea Island Connector
Grant McConachie Way
List of crossings of the Fraser River
List of BC bridges
Dawe 1996
Dawe 1996
"Transportation Agencies"
Dawe 1996

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