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The Skybridge is a cable-stayed bridge built in 1989 and located over the Fraser River between New Westminster and Surrey in the Greater Vancouver Regional District of British Columbia, Canada.

Bridge Details

The Skybridge does not carry automotive vehicles, as the neighbouring Pattullo Bridge does, but has two tracks enabling the TransLink SkyTrain to pass either way on the bridge on its journey between King George Station in Surrey and Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver. 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 metres (1,115 ft) and the total length is 616 m (2020 ft), making it the longest transit-only bridge in the world.

Notes

"Skytrain Bridge". Buckland & Taylor Ltd. Retrieved 2006-09-08.

Reference

Bridges of Greater Vancouver

External links

Bridges and tunnels in Metro Vancouver

Road bridges

Road-rail bridges

Derwent Way Bridge

Rail bridges

Rapid transit

Bridges	Middle Arm Bridge North Arm Bridge Skybridge
Tunnels	Burquitlam Tunnel Canada Line Tunnel Columbia Station Tunnel Dunsmuir Tunnel New Westminster Tunnel