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{{Short description|Bridge in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada}}
{{For|the bridge in New York City|Queensboro Bridge}}
{{Infobox bridge
|bridge_name   = Queensborough Bridge
|image         = Queensborough Bridge.jpg
|image_size = 260px
|caption       = The Queensborough Bridge seen from the south side
|carries       = Four lanes of [[British Columbia Highway 91A]], pedestrians and bicycles
|crosses       = [[Fraser River|North Arm Fraser River]]
|locale        = [[New Westminster]]
|owner        = [[British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure]]
|length        = 924 m
|design        = Arch bridge
|open          = August 26, 1960<ref name="Sun1">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=New Bridge Queensborough Replaces 51 Year-Old Span |id={{ProQuest|2240513051}} |work=Vancouver Sun |location=New Westminster |date=August 26, 1960 }}</ref>
|coordinates   = {{coord|49.196415|N|122.947183|W|display=inline,title}}
|cost=$4 Million ($37.5 million in 2022)
|traffic      = 81,000 (July 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tradas.th.gov.bc.ca/reports/AllYears/2021/07/MV02/MV01P_Queensborough%20South%20P-16-287NS%20-%20NY7-2021.pdf |title=Monthly Volume Calendar - Queensborough South P-16-287NS - NY |author=B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure |date=October 13, 2021}}</ref>
|designer= Phillips Barrat and Partners
|builder=John Laing and Son (Canada Ltd.)

}}

'''Queensborough Bridge''' is a highway bridge in [[New Westminster]], [[British Columbia]]. It was built in 1960 by John Laing and Son (Canada) for the City of New Westminster and cost [[Canadian dollar|$]]4 million (equivalent to $37.5 million in 2022). The bridge spans the north arm of the [[Fraser River]] for road access from the main part of New Westminster to the suburb of [[Queensborough, British Columbia|Queensborough]] at the east end of [[Lulu Island]], giving the bridge its name. 

It has since become a part of [[British Columbia Highway 91A|Highway 91A]] feeder to [[British Columbia Highway 91|Highway 91]] to the south. The Queensborough was a [[toll bridge]] costing 25 cents to cross until the bridge was bought by the provincial government in November 1966. The last person to pay the toll was then Premier [[W. A. C. Bennett]], who paid 25 cents at 12:01 AM on Sunday, November 19, 1966. <ref name="Vansun1">{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|2240435270}} |last1=Strand |first1=Alf |title=For Whom Did Tolls Fall? Bennett, Critics Disagree |issue=The Sunday Sun |publisher=The Vancouver Sun |date=November 19, 1966}}</ref>
 
Six spans of the bridge were demolished and replaced in 1984 and 1985 to allow for a curve alignment on its southern approach to [[British Columbia Highway 91A|Queensborough Connector]].<ref>{{cite report |url=https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/0706-1897 |title=Minister of Transportation and Highways Report for the Fiscal Year 1984/85 |last=Province of British Columbia |date=1985 |publisher=Government of British Columbia |access-date= |page=202 |location=Victoria |language=EN}}
</ref> In 2003, some adjustments were made to the approach from the New Westminster side. Later in 2009, the interchange with Marine Way and Stewardson Way saw improving, including the trumpet loop being flipped to its current rotation. <ref>{{cite news |last=B.C. Ministry of Transportation |date=April 3, 2009 |title=BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS COMPLETE| trans-title  = |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2009TRAN0038-000667.htm |language= |location=| access-date  = February 19, 2022}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |last=B.C. Ministry of Transportation |first= |date=April 3, 2009 |title=OVERVIEW OF THE CANADA-BC BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2009TRAN0038-000667-Attachment1.htm |language= |work= |location=| access-date  = February 19, 2022}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=July 2, 2004 |title=Queensborough Bridge, New Westminster, B.C. | trans-title = |author=MAXAR Technologies |type=Satellite Photography |language=English |url=https://www.google.com/earth/versions/#earth-pro | access-date =February 19, 2022|format=Interactive Satellite Photography |time= |location=New Westminster, British Columbia |publisher=Google via Google Earth Pro |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote=}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[List of bridges in Canada]]
* [[List of crossings of the Fraser River]]

==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041121090121/http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/vancouver-bridges.asp Bridges of Greater Vancouver]
* {{Structurae|id=20005898|title=Queensborough Bridge (1960)}}

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|place           = [[Fraser River]]
|bridge          = Queensborough Bridge
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|upstream        = [[Queensborough Railway Bridge]]
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|downstream      = [[CNR Bridge]]
|downstream signs = 
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[[Category:Bridges in Greater Vancouver]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1960]]
[[Category:Bridges over the Fraser River]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in New Westminster]]
[[Category:Transport in New Westminster]]
[[Category:Road bridges in British Columbia]]
[[Category:Former toll bridges in Canada]]

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