Coast Meridian Overpass
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The Coast Meridian Overpass is a new four-lane cable stayed bridge in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
crossing the Canadian Pacific railyard. The new bridge has a width of 25 metres, and a length of 580 m. The construction project, officially launched in 2008, links Coast Meridian Road and Lougheed Highway on the north and Kingsway Avenue and Broadway Street on the south. The speed limit on the bridge is 60 km/h.
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British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
crossing the Canadian Pacific railyard. The new bridge has a width of 25 metres, and a length of 580 m. The construction project, officially launched in 2008, links Coast Meridian Road and Lougheed Highway on the north and Kingsway Avenue and Broadway Street on the south. The speed limit on the bridge is 60 km/h.
Construction
The bridge opened on March 7, 2010 and has a fixed total construction cost of $132 million (CADCanadian dollar
The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. As of 2007, the Canadian dollar is the 7th most traded currency in the world. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or C$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...
). The construction contractor is SNC-Lavalin
SNC-Lavalin
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is a large Canadian engineering firm. It is one of the ten largest engineering firms in the world and is based in Montreal, Quebec. It formed in 1991 from the merger of SNC and the failing Lavalin, another Quebec based engineering firm....
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