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The Pattulla Bridge

Site of a major support structure fire recently, bridge is currently closed. 89,000 vehicles daily used the bridge as a link from the Fraser Valley to Vancouver. about the Bridge: The Pattullo Bridge is a compression arch suspended-deck bridge located in the Greater Vancouver Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. Constructed in 1936-37, it spans the Fraser River and links the city of New Westminster on the north bank of the river to the city of Surrey on the south bank. The Bridge's base is constructed of wood. A key link between Surrey and the rest of Greater Vancouver, according to Translink, the Pattullo bridge on average handles 80,000 cars and 3400 trucks daily or roughly 20% of vehicle traffic across the Fraser river

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Uploaded on January 23, 2009
Taken on January 22, 2009