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This bridge holds "The Guinness Record for the Worlds Largest Bridge" ! The Port Mann Bridge over the Fraser River is Canada's & Greater Vancouver's newest bridge and sporting 5 lanes in both directions plus rapid transit tracks underneath later.
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Early morning about 2 Km.,upstream from the Port Mann Bridge.
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The Port Mann Bridge is the "Largest Bridge in the World" at ten lanes 65 meters or 71 yards wide ! This new cable stayed bridge is the second longest in "The World" measuring 2,093 meters long ! Over 127,000 vehicals cross this bridge dailly !
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The train bridge next to the Pattullo Bridge in New Westminster,B.C.,Canada.
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The Pattullo Bridge is the orange one high above the train bridge built in 1937 & next to be replaced with another cable stayed bridge. This one will have C.P.R.,train rails I hear.Can't wait to see the drawings for this one.
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The High Arch Bridge in New Westminster,B.C.,Canada crosses the Fraser River and soon to be replaced with another one like the Port Mann Bridge ! This area is is going to be a huge city very quick and construction is everywhere.20 million will live here!
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The newer Sky Train Bridge near the old Pattullo Bridge in New Westminster,B.C.,Canada.
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This is "The Largest & Longest Cable Stayed Transit-Only Bridge In The World " The Sky Train Bridge" over the Fraser River in New Westminster,B.C.,was built in 1990.It is 616m. long & has two sets of tracks at 45 m.clearance over the river.
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Just a massive structure built after Vancouvers Expo 86 is here in New Westminster,B.C.,Canada. Another World Record Holder !
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The Sky Train Bridge carries passangers to and from Langley, Surrey, Newton, New Westminster , Burnaby, Vancouver , Coquitlam , North Vancouver and soon from Port Moody, B.C.,Canada.
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Tourists come here from everywhere to ride on our Transit System ? It's like the biggest rollercoaster in the world I've been told and quite a bit cheaper to ride !
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This is one scary ride I have been told. The longest and largest cable stayed transit-only bridge in the world !
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Docks at New Westminster,B.C.,Canada and are getting hard to find now with all the expansion.
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New Westminster,B.C.,Canada is one of the west coasts major seaports with huge ships travelling here dailly.Most imported cars from Japan come through this port to Canada and some to the U.S.A.
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A shot from the bridge of the yacht.
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Westminster Quay farmers market and shopping mall. The piers are being renovated as is the rest of the water front as major expansion is underway.
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A few of the many tug boats. Sometimes I think we have more tug boats than people here as they are everywhere at times.
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The hotel and the sightseeing paddlewheelers along the river at New Westminster,B.C.,Canada.
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Container Cargo loading on ships on the Fraser River,Surrey,B.C. near Vancouver and is a deep sea container port with it's own traffic management on the river that runs from the north of the province to the ocean nearby.
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One of many new developements along the Fraser River.
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One of the navagation lights at the entrance to the Fraser River from Georgia Strait. The Gulf Islands & Vancouver Island are in the distance. Pitt Lake & Pitt River join the Fraser River at Port Coquitlam,B.C., upstream from here.
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Casinos along the river. This one is The River Rock in Richmond,B.C.,south of Vancouiver and is host to some of the worlds top entertainment in the show lounge.
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The River Rock Casino,Show Lounge and Hotel,Richmond,B.C. If you have a yacht you can sail here and moor the boat while you stay.
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The Queensborough Bridge over the Fraser River to Queensborough & is part of the city of Richmond,B.C.,a sprawlling community hosting the Vancouver International Airport.
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Overtaken by the Tug. F.W.Wright & is a barge towing co .
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All these pictures were shot with my Nikon D-100 body with 18-70mm f 3.5-4.5 ED Zoom. I never take my best equipment near salt water and this river is high in salt near the discharge into the ocean. The salt content is only about 3-5 % upstream a few Kms.
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Fraser River Pile Driving Co., has been here since I can remember.
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A faster way to get to Vancouver Island,B.C.