List of crossings of the Fraser River

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Template:Short description This is a list of bridges, tunnels, and other crossings of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It includes both functional crossings and historic crossings which no longer exist, and lists them in sequence from the South Arm of the Fraser River at the Strait of Georgia upstream to its source. Listed separately on this page are the crossings on the Fraser River's North and Middle Arms. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Fraser River Delta (Strait of Georgia to New Westminster)

South Arm

This is a list of crossings of the South Arm of the Fraser River from the Strait of Georgia to the North Arm of the Fraser River at approximately mile 16.5. The South Arm is the primary outflow branch of the Fraser River. Template:Side box

Crossing Image Carries Location Coordinates Completed Notes
Westham Island Bridge File:Westham island bridge.jpg Westham Island Road Delta and Westham Island Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1910 One of the few remaining Howe truss bridges in the world.
Ladner Ferry
(1913–1959)
File:Ladner Ferry 1931.jpg Passengers and vehicles Delta and Richmond Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1914 Replaced by George Massey Tunnel in 1959.
George Massey Tunnel File:George Massey Tunnel south portal.jpg Script error: No such module "Jct". Delta and Richmond Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1959 The only vehicular tunnel crossing of the Fraser River.
Alex Fraser Bridge File:AlexFraserBridge.jpg Script error: No such module "Jct". Annacis Island and Delta Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1986
Annacis Island Swing Bridge Derwent Way Annacis Island and New Westminster Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1986

Middle Arm

This is a list of crossings of the Middle Arm of the Fraser River from the Strait of Georgia to the North Arm of the Fraser River at approximately mile 4.6. Template:Side box

Crossing Image Carries Location Coordinates Completed Notes
No. 2 Road Bridge File:No-2-road-bridge.jpg No. 2 Road / Russ Baker Way Richmond and Sea Island Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1993
Dinsmore Bridge File:Dinsmore Bridge aerial.jpg Gilbert Road Richmond and Sea Island Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1969 Weight restrictions were added in October 2006.
Moray Bridge File:Moray-bdg.jpg Sea Island Way Richmond and Sea Island Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1957 a.k.a. the Moray Channel Bridge, and formerly the Middle Arm Bridge
Sea Island Connector File:Airport-connector-bdg.jpg Bridgeport Road Richmond and Sea Island Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 2002 a.k.a. the Airport Connector Bridge
Middle Arm Canada Line Bridge File:Middle arm bridge.jpg SkyTrain Canada Line Richmond and Sea Island Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 2009 a.k.a. Middle Arm or Airport SkyTrain Bridge
Marpole Bridge
(1889–1957)
File:Marpole (Eburne) Bridges (1919).png Hudson Street / Woodward Highway Richmond and Sea Island Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1889 a.k.a. Eburne Bridge, North Arm Bridge, or Sea Island Bridge

North Arm

This is a list of crossings of the North Arm of the Fraser River from the Strait of Georgia to the main body of the Fraser River at approximately mile 16.5. The North Arm is the secondary outflow branch of the Fraser River. Template:Side box

Crossing Image Carries Location Coordinates Completed Notes
Marpole Bridge
(1889–1957)
Hudson Street / Woodward Highway Sea Island and Vancouver Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1889 a.k.a. Eburne Bridge, Sea Island Bridge, or Middle Arm Bridge
Arthur Laing Bridge File:ArthurLaingBridge Aerial.jpg Grant McConachie Way Sea Island and Vancouver Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1975
Marpole CP Rail Bridge File:Oak Street Bridge and Fraser River, Vancouver - panoramio.jpg CP Railway (low-level in foreground) Richmond and Vancouver Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1902; Span rebuilt 1967 Swing span removed following barge collision in 2016.
Oak Street Bridge File:Oak Street Bridge.jpg Script error: No such module "Jct". Richmond and Vancouver Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1957
North Arm Canada Line Bridge File:Canada Line Skytrain Bridge from Fraser River North Arm, Richmond.jpg SkyTrain Canada Line cyclists and pedestrians Richmond and Vancouver Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 2009 a.k.a. Canada Line Bridge (Richmond-Vancouver), or various identifying descriptives
Fraser Street Bridge
(1894–1974)
File:Fraser Street (Avenue) Bridge (1919).png Fraser Street / No. 5 Road Richmond and Vancouver Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1894 a.k.a. Fraser Ave. Bridge, North Arm Bridge, No. 5 Rd. Bridge, or Twigg Island Bridge
Knight Street Bridge File:Knight Street Bridge.jpg Knight Street Richmond and Vancouver Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1974
CNR Bridge File:CNR Bridge.jpg Canadian National Railway Burnaby and Richmond Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1931
Queensborough Bridge File:Queensborough Bridge.jpg Script error: No such module "Jct". New Westminster and Queensborough Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1960
Queensborough Railway Bridge File:Queensborough Railway Bridge 2014-04-28.jpg SRY Rail Link New Westminster and Queensborough Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1910
Q to Q Ferry Passengers New Westminster and Queensborough Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 2017

Main Watercourse (New Westminster to Yellowhead Pass)

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Crossing Image Carries Location Coordinates Completed Notes
SkyBridge File:SkyBridge sunset.jpg SkyTrain Expo Line New Westminster and Surrey Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1990 Until 2019 it was the longest cable-supported transit-only bridge in the world.
Pattullo Bridge File:Patullobridge.jpg Script error: No such module "Jct".
Script error: No such module "Jct".
New Westminster and Surrey Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1937
New Westminster Bridge File:New Westminster Swing Bridge.jpg Railway New Westminster and Surrey Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1904 Oldest bridge in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Served automobile traffic from 1904 to 1937.
Port Mann Bridge File:The New Port Mann Bridge2.jpg Script error: No such module "Jct". Coquitlam and Surrey Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1964 (original)
2012 (current)
Barnston Island Ferry File:Barnston Island Ferry 2010-08-02.jpg Passengers and vehicles Barnston Island and Surrey Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1916
Golden Ears Bridge File:On the Golden Ears Bridge.jpg Golden Ears Way Langley and Maple Ridge Script error: No such module "Coordinates". (Approx) 2009 Longest extradosed bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
Jacob Haldi Bridge Glover Road Langley and McMillan Island Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1932 (original)
1994 (current)
Albion Ferry
(1957–2009)
File:Albion ferry.jpg Passengers and Vehicles Langley and Maple Ridge Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1957 Replaced by Golden Ears Bridge in 2009.
Mission Bridge File:Missionbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "Jct". Abbotsford and Mission Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1973
Mission Railway Bridge File:Mission Railroad Bridge 2014-04-04.jpg CPR Abbotsford and Mission Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1909 Served automobile traffic from 1909 to 1972.
Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge Script error: No such module "Jct". South of Agassiz Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1956
Water Avenue Bridge File:Beyond Hope.jpg Script error: No such module "Jct". Haig and Hope Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1916
Alexandra Bridge (1964) File:Alexandra Bridge British Columbia Modern 2.jpg Script error: No such module "Jct". Alexandra Lodge-Spuzzum Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1964
Alexandra Bridge (1926)
File:Alexander Bridge.jpg Cariboo Road (not in use, heritage site)
Pedestrians
Alexandra Lodge-Spuzzum Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1926 The original crossing was built by Joseph Trutch in 1861 and was completely rebuilt in 1863 and 1926. It was later replaced by the modern Alexandra Bridge in 1964.
Hells Gate Suspension Bridge File:Hell's Gate Tram View.png Pedestrians Hells Gate Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1948 Original suspension bridge was destroyed in May 1948 due to a localized flood event. The new bridge was built 3 metres higher than the original.
Hells Gate Airtram File:Hells Gate Airtram.jpg Passengers Hells Gate Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1970
North Bend Aerial Ferry
(1940–1986)
File:North Bend Aerial Ferry, 1960 (edited).jpg Passengers and vehicles Boston Bar and North Bend Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1940 Replaced by Cog Harrington Bridge in 1986.[1] The aerial tramway is unique given that it transported passengers and automobiles across the Fraser River.
Cog Harrington Bridge File:Bridge over the Fraser River (5999014481).jpg Chaumox Road Boston Bar and North Bend Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1986
Siska CPR Bridge File:Canadian Pacific Railway train crossing Fraser River on Cisco bridge at Siska, British Columbia (2010-Jun-13).jpg Canadian Pacific Railway Siska Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1883 The original truss span was replaced in 1910.
Siska CNR Bridge File:Canadian Pacific Railway train crossing Fraser River on Cisco bridge at Siska, British Columbia (2010-Jun-13).jpg Canadian National Railway Siska Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1914
Lytton CNR Fraser Bridge File:Lytton CNR Fraser Bridge 2017-06.png Canadian National Railway and pedestrians Lytton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1914
Lytton Ferry File:Lytton Reaction Ferry.jpg Passengers and vehicles Lytton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1940
Fraser River Suspension Bridge Pedestrians North of Lytton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1997
Lillooet PGE Bridge
(1915–1948)
Pacific Great Eastern Railway Lillooet Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1915 Demolished in 1948.
Bridge of the Twenty-Three Camels File:Bridge of the Twenty-Three Camels 2018-06-02.jpg Script error: No such module "Jct". Lillooet Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1981
Lillooet ferries
(c.1859–c.1891)
Old Cariboo Road Lillooet Script error: No such module "Coordinates". c.1859 Superseded by Lillooet truss bridge in 1889.
Lillooet Suspension Bridge File:Lillooet Suspension Bridge 2013-04-25.jpg Old Highway 12 (not in use)
Pedestrians
Lillooet Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1913 Replaced by the Bridge of the Twenty-Three Camels in 1981. Restored as a pedestrian-only crossing in 2003.
Lillooet PGE Bridge (second) File:Lillooet railway bridge from near the old suspension bridge.jpg Pacific Great Eastern Railway but Canadian National Railway since 2004 Lillooet Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1931
Bridge River Bridge
(1858–c.1870s)
Old Cariboo Road Lillooet Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1858 The bridge was in use until the 1870s.
Pavilion Ferry
(1897–c.1964)
Passengers northwest of Pavilion Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1897
Big Bar Ferry File:Big Bar reaction ferry.jpg Unnumbered Ranch Road Big Bar Creek (Kostering) Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Reaction-cable ferry (year-round)
Dog Creek Bridge Unnumbered Ranch Road Gang Ranch-Dog Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Sheep Creek Bridge File:Steel-50174.jpg Script error: No such module "Jct". Riske Creek (18 km SW of Williams Lake Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Chimney Creek Bridge Chimney Creek Indian Reserve No. 5 (NW of Williams Lake Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Rudy Johnson Bridge Buckskin Road Near Soda Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1968
Marguerite Ferry
(1917–2002)
Passengers and vehicles Castle Rock and Marguerite Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1917
Fort Alexandria Ferry
(1821–1895)
Passengers Fort Alexandria Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1821
Alexandria Ferry
(1913–1950)
Passengers and vehicles Alexandria Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1913
Moffat Bridge Moffat Bridge Approach/Marsh Drive Quesnel Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Quesnel Fraser River Foot Bridge File:Quesnel Fraser River foot bridge (DSCF5078).jpg Pedestrians Quesnel Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1929 Resurfaced for pedestrian use in 1974.
Simon Fraser Bridge Script error: No such module "Jct". Prince George Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1963 (southbound)
2009 (northbound)
Yellowhead Bridge Script error: No such module "Jct". Prince George Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1988
Prince George CNR Bridge File:Prince George Railway Bridge.jpg Canadian National Railway Prince George Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1914
Prince George BCR-CNR Bridge BC Rail and Canadian National Railway Prince George Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Road Bridge Loopol Road Near Prince George Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Shelley: Northwood road/rail bridge in "Railway" section, and former ferry upstream in "Roads".
Road Bridge Upper Fraser Road Near McGregor Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Hansard: Bridge in "Road Transport" section, and former ferry downstream in "Ferry & Loading Areas".
Hansard CNR Bridge Canadian National Railway Near McGregor Script error: No such module "Coordinates". McGregor in first section.
Dome Creek CNR Bridge Canadian National Railway Near Dome Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Dome Creek in first section.
Road Bridge Morkil Forest Service Road Near Loos Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Highway Bridge Script error: No such module "Jct". McBride Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Road Bridge Dunster Station Road Dunster Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Road Bridge Blackman Road Near Tete Jaune Cache Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1953
Highway Bridge File:Junction of Highway 5 and 16 in Tête Jaune Cache.jpg Script error: No such module "Jct". Near Tete Jaune Cache Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Railway Bridge Canadian National Railway Mount Robson Provincial Park Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Railway Bridge Canadian National Railway Mount Robson Provincial Park Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Highway Bridge Script error: No such module "Jct". Mount Robson Provincial Park Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Highway Bridge Script error: No such module "Jct". Mount Robson Provincial Park Script error: No such module "Coordinates".

See also

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References

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