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The '''Skybridge''' is a ] built in 1989 and located over the ] between ] and ] in the ] of ], ]. |
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The '''Skybridge''' is a ] built in 1989 and located over the ] between ] and ] in the ] of ], ]. |
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The Skybridge does not carry automotive vehicles, as the neighbouring ] does, but has two tracks enabling the ] ] to pass either way on the bridge on its journey between ] in Surrey and ] in downtown ]. An additional third set of rails in the middle is used by maintenance crews to truck equipment back and forth on the bridge (not connected to the SkyTrain tracks). The bridge has two 123 m (404 ft) tall towers and carries trains 45 m (150 ft) above the Fraser river and valley. The main span is 340 m and the total length is 616 m (2020 ft), making it the longest transit-only bridge in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Skytrain Bridge |url=http://www.b-t.com/projects/skytrain.htm |publisher=Buckland & Taylor Ltd. |accessdate=2006-09-08}}</ref> |
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The Skybridge does not carry automotive vehicles, as the neighbouring ] does, but has two tracks enabling the ] ] to pass either way on the bridge on its journey between ] in Surrey and ] in downtown ]. An additional third set of rails in the middle is used by maintenance crews to truck equipment back and forth on the bridge (not connected to the SkyTrain tracks). The bridge has two 123 m (404 ft) tall towers and carries trains 45 m (150 ft) above the Fraser river and valley. The main span is {{convert|340|m|ft|0}} and the total length is 616 m (2020 ft), making it the longest transit-only bridge in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Skytrain Bridge |url=http://www.b-t.com/projects/skytrain.htm |publisher=Buckland & Taylor Ltd. |accessdate=2006-09-08}}</ref> |
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