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Pattullo Bridge is located in the Metro Vancouver area of New Westminster, BC Canada
This image was taking during the afternoon rush hour.
There was a large double rainbow to the north, at one point it was raining with sunshine at the same time.
The Pattullo Bridge is a through arch bridge that spans the Fraser River, connecting New Westmister, BC on the north bank to Surrey, BC on the South.
The bridge was constructed between 1936ā1937.
Named in the honour of Thomas Dufferin Pattullo, a former premier of British Columbia.
The bridge's base is constructed of wood.
The Pattullo bridge is said to handle an average of 67,000 cars and 3400 trucks daily.
The total length of the bridge is 1,227 meters (4,026 ft)
The bridge below is a train bridge, and the bridge behind is for the commuter sky train.
Ironworker's Memorial Bridge backdrops boat houses on Burrard Inlet.
The Ironworker's Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, also referred to as the Ironworker's Bridge or the Second Narrows Bridge, is the second bridge constructed at the Second Narrows of Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Wikipedia
Address: North Vancouver, BC
Total length: 1,292 m
Opened: August 25, 1960
Construction started: 1957
Location: Vancouver, North Vancouver
*Information has been compiled from various sources and not verified to be correct.
I was truly fortunate to have a photo opportunity on the Lynnwood Docks, North Vancouver, BC.
There is no public access to these docks, marina or surrounding property. I had a special access tour as a guest, from a long time personal friend.
Strive to be different and original , be your own artist.
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Stay healthy
Happy Clicks,
~Nautical me - Christie
**Best experienced in full screen
And the trainbridge across Harlingen station. I think it is called an "esplanade" Correct me if I am wrong. This was actually meant for my "Happy Fence Friday" shot. But didnt quite make it.
FRPD CENTENNIAL BUDDY CRANE BARGE TUG
Width:7.0 m
Length:12.0 m
The Mission Railway Bridge is a Canadian Pacific Railway bridge spanning the Fraser River between Mission, and Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.
Replacing an earlier bridge built in 1891, which was the first and only bridge crossing of the Fraser below Siska in the Fraser Canyon until the construction of the New Westminster rail bridge in 1904, it was constructed in 1909 by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The Mission Railway Bridge is supported by 13 concrete piers and is approximately 533 metres in length. Before completion of the Mission highway bridge, highway traffic to and from Matsqui and Abbotsford with Mission used the bridge as a one-way alternating route, with traffic lights at either end to control direction. Rail traffic often held up car crossings, causing long and often very lengthy waits, which were a part of daily life in the Central Valley until the new bridge was completed.
Beneath the bridge's north abutment is an important river-level gauge monitored during the annual Fraser freshet. The bridge is also the location of the end of the Fraser's tidal bore - downstream from the bridge the river is increasingly influenced by tidal influences from the Georgia Strait.
Swing span
The Mission Railway Bridge has a swing span which has a vertical clearance of 4.9 metres above the water when closed. The swing span is fitted atop a circular concrete pier, the 10th from the north bank of the river. The 10th pier is protected from shipping traffic by two 46 metre wood piers extending upstream and downstream respectively perpendicular to the bridge which are tapered at both ends. The navigation channel past the bridge is 30 metres in width. At night a fixed white light is displayed on piers 9 and 11 as well as at the up-river and down-river ends of the protection pier.
The majority of marine traffic consists of log tows and gravel barges, which are permitted to use the navigation channel beneath the fixed span between piers 5 and 6. The swing span is used for wood chip barges and other vessels which cannot navigate beneath the span between piers 5 and 6.
CPR maintains a bridge tender 24 hours per day at an office on the north bank of the bridge. Vessels requesting passage through the swing span contact the bridge tender on marine VHF radio, whereby the tender walks the bridge to a control booth situated on the swing span. Wikipedia
Stay healthy
Happy Clicks,
~Christie (happiest) by the River
** Images best experienced in full screen
Before the Mission Bridge was built to right of this railway crossing, vehicles also shared the bridge to cross the Fraser River.
I can remember being a small child, sitting white knuckled in the backseat of my parent's car, scared out of my wits, with my eyes closed tight. My dad's old car had a tendency to break down at inopportune times.
My fear was this might happen on the bridge before we could make it to the other side.
Fortunately, we always made the crossing safely. :-)
Catching the light during sundown.
The Mission Railway Bridge is a Canadian Pacific Railway bridge spanning the Fraser River between Mission, and Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.
Replacing an earlier bridge built in 1891, which was the first and only bridge crossing of the Fraser below Siska in the Fraser Canyon until the construction of the New Westminster rail bridge in 1904, it was constructed in 1909 by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The Mission Railway Bridge is supported by 13 concrete piers and is approximately 533 metres in length. Before completion of the Mission highway bridge, highway traffic to and from Matsqui and Abbotsford with Mission used the bridge as a one-way alternating route, with traffic lights at either end to control direction. Rail traffic often held up car crossings, causing long and often very lengthy waits, which were a part of daily life in the Central Valley until the new bridge was completed.
Beneath the bridge's north abutment is an important river-level gauge monitored during the annual Fraser freshet. The bridge is also the location of the end of the Fraser's tidal bore - downstream from the bridge the river is increasingly influenced by tidal influences from the Georgia Strait.
Swing span
The Mission Railway Bridge has a swing span which has a vertical clearance of 4.9 metres above the water when closed. The swing span is fitted atop a circular concrete pier, the 10th from the north bank of the river. The 10th pier is protected from shipping traffic by two 46 metre wood piers extending upstream and downstream respectively perpendicular to the bridge which are tapered at both ends. The navigation channel past the bridge is 30 metres in width. At night a fixed white light is displayed on piers 9 and 11 as well as at the up-river and down-river ends of the protection pier.
The majority of marine traffic consists of log tows and gravel barges, which are permitted to use the navigation channel beneath the fixed span between piers 5 and 6. The swing span is used for wood chip barges and other vessels which cannot navigate beneath the span between piers 5 and 6.
CPR maintains a bridge tender 24 hours per day at an office on the north bank of the bridge. Vessels requesting passage through the swing span contact the bridge tender on marine VHF radio, whereby the tender walks the bridge to a control booth situated on the swing span. Wikipedia
Stay healthy
Happy Clicks,
~Christie (happiest) by the River
** Images best experienced in full screen
Canadian Pacific Railway Bridge crossing the Pitt River Bridge
Port Coquitlam to the left / Pitt Meadows, right
British Columbia, Canada
Captured by boat - boat wake and spray coming under the bridge.
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Happy Clicks
~Christie
The Mission Railway Bridge is a Canadian Pacific Railway bridge spanning the Fraser River between Mission, and Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.
Replacing an earlier bridge built in 1891, which was the first and only bridge crossing of the Fraser below Siska in the Fraser Canyon until the construction of the New Westminster rail bridge in 1904, it was constructed in 1909 by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The Mission Railway Bridge is supported by 13 concrete piers and is approximately 533 metres in length. Before completion of the Mission highway bridge, highway traffic to and from Matsqui and Abbotsford with Mission used the bridge as a one-way alternating route, with traffic lights at either end to control direction. Rail traffic often held up car crossings, causing long and often very lengthy waits, which were a part of daily life in the Central Valley until the new bridge was completed.
Beneath the bridge's north abutment is an important river-level gauge monitored during the annual Fraser freshet. The bridge is also the location of the end of the Fraser's tidal bore - downstream from the bridge the river is increasingly influenced by tidal influences from the Georgia Strait.
Swing span
The Mission Railway Bridge has a swing span which has a vertical clearance of 4.9 metres above the water when closed. The swing span is fitted atop a circular concrete pier, the 10th from the north bank of the river. The 10th pier is protected from shipping traffic by two 46 metre wood piers extending upstream and downstream respectively perpendicular to the bridge which are tapered at both ends. The navigation channel past the bridge is 30 metres in width. At night a fixed white light is displayed on piers 9 and 11 as well as at the up-river and down-river ends of the protection pier.
The majority of marine traffic consists of log tows and gravel barges, which are permitted to use the navigation channel beneath the fixed span between piers 5 and 6. The swing span is used for wood chip barges and other vessels which cannot navigate beneath the span between piers 5 and 6.
CPR maintains a bridge tender 24 hours per day at an office on the north bank of the bridge. Vessels requesting passage through the swing span contact the bridge tender on marine VHF radio, whereby the tender walks the bridge to a control booth situated on the swing span. Wikipedia
Stay healthy
Happy Clicks,
~Christie (happiest) by the River
** Images best experienced in full screen
-Rumi
I have a love/hate relationship with this image and wasn't sure to post it, but here it is, the decision to post won. :)
It's obviously a landscape shot, not a bird theme (I love both). No sequence from the last two photos, either.
It was around sunset time but so cloudy that sun was setting behind the clouds.
After the picture appeared on the screen (can't see while taking), I wondered what the blob was. This was the second time I saw a "blob" on the riverside. First one was a "blowfish".
Before taking the photo, I made sure no people, no obstacles, no ghosts, etc.
Looking at it carefully, it had something like webbed-feet, but headlessš± I observed the blob for good 10 min and suddenly a head with a long neck popped out like a turtle. Stretched, yawned, preened, and disappeared into the icy cold water.....
I left the image a bit larger. You could see the blob with webbed-feet (not very clear though).
Hope you had a good laugh ^o^
Thanks for reading. And thanks for visiting my photos.
(At Parramatta Riverside, Meadowbank NSW Australia)
A southbound CSX train meets a northbound train on the Neabsco Creek Trestle Bridge. The lead locomotive is 532?. #CSX #FreightTrain #TrestleBridge #NeabscoCreek #LeesylvaniaStatePark #GĆ¼terzug #bridge #train #CSX262 #CSX4557 #Zug #GĆ¼terzug #bridge #BrĆ¼cke #pont
Historic 1903 CN Railway Bridge
The orginal historic bridge was the first bridge to cross the Fraser in this New Westminster location. The train allowed road traffic and trains to make this crossing.
The roadway portion of the bridge was removed when the Patullo Bridge was opened in 1937.
The birds on the wires remind me on musical notes āŖā«
Best viewed in full screen! Thanks for peeking !
~C
- Marjorie Holmes
The road might be long. The road might even seem impassable and too cold too bare....but try. Never give up! Push to overcome it. It is the narrow road; the road less traveled that always leads to home. It is Christmas time, a time when miracles can happen if only you try.
17 of 25 Days of Christmas
100 x Scenery 99/100
While hiking on Lee's Woods Trail in Leesylvania State Park I came upon an opening. This was the view . I was fortunate that a CSX train was crossing Neabsco Creek on a trestle bridge when I was there. It's considered a moderate hike with some hills and stairs. It's 1.96 miles long with several historic sites and scenic views on it. It's well shaded and a good trail. #CSX