Client
British Columbia Ministry of Transportation
Location
Vancouver, Canada
Preliminary Studies
Preliminary Engineering
Detailed Design
Construction Services
The Arthur Laing Bridge provides the main arterial connection between the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver International Airport situated on Sea Island. It also provides a connection to Richmond from the City of Vancouver.
Major features of the project include:
Four lanes. A central span over the river navigation channel which is 107 m long with 61 m long side spans. These are composed of structural steel box girders with a reinforced concrete deck slab which acts compositely for live loads.
Approaches, 760 m in length, which consist of cast-in-place post tensioned box girders.
Reinforced concrete piers which are founded on either glacial till, concrete displacement piles or steel H piles.
Northerly ramps which connect to Marine Drive and provide a grade separated connection to both the easterly and westerly directions.
Northerly ramps which also overpass the Canadian Pacific V.L.I. Railway.