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| Crosses | North Arm of the Fraser River |
| Locale | New Westminster Queensborough |
| Owner | Southern Railway of British Columbia (SRY) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1891 |
| Rebuilt | 1913, 1951 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 8–10 freight trains |
The Queensborough Railway Bridge, built in 1891 by the city of New Westminster and rebuilt in 1913 and 1951 by the British Columbia Electric Railway, is a swing bridge over the North Arm of the Fraser River in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. The bridge connects the community of Queensborough, which is part of New Westminster on Lulu Island, to the rest of New Westminster on the Burrard Peninsula. It was originally a road and rail bridge, but the road part of the bridge was shut down after the opening of the four-lane Queensborough Bridge in 1960.
In the early morning of June 28, 2011, the bridge was damaged when it was hit by a gravel barge owned by Lafarge Canada that was being tugged downstream. The bridge reopened for rail traffic on July 30, although boat traffic took longer to be restored.
See also
References
- ^ Lee, Jenny (July 1, 2011). "Rail bridge out for another two weeks". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved December 19, 2024 – via PressReader.
- Harris, Robert (1997). "Bridges of Greater Vancouver". In Davis, Chuck (ed.). The Greater Vancouver book: An urban encyclopedia. Linkman Press. ISBN 978-1896846002. OCLC 36188066. ARK ark:/13960/t45r41d29. Archived from the original on November 6, 2004.
- "Gravel barge severely damages British Columbia railroad bridge". Professional Mariner: Journal of the Maritime Industry. November 21, 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- Richter, Brent (August 5, 2011). "New West rail bridge 'back to normal'". New Westminster Record. OCLC 1404418164. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
External links
- Marine investigation report M11W0091 — from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
- TSB: Fatigue, inexperience led to barge collision with B.C. rail bridge — a news article from Professional Mariner magazine
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