Lions Gate Bridge facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lions Gate Bridge
Lions Gate Bridge from Stanley Park, 2013
Coordinates	49°18′55″N 123°8′18″W / 49.31528°N 123.13833°W / 49.31528; -123.13833 (Lions Gate Bridge)
Carries	Three lanes of British Columbia Highway 1A/99, pedestrians and bicycles
Crosses	Burrard Inlet
Locale	Vancouver West Vancouver
Official name	First Narrows Bridge
Maintained by	British Columbia Ministry of Transportation
Characteristics
Design	Suspension bridge
Total length	1,823 m (5,981 ft)
Height	111 m (364 ft)
Longest span	473 m (1,552 ft)
Load limit	13 tonnes (12.8 long tons; 14.3 short tons)
Clearance below	61 m (200 ft)
History
Designer	Charles Nicholas Monsarrat Philip Louis Pratley
Construction begin	March 31, 1937
Opened	November 14, 1938
Statistics
Daily traffic	60,000 – 70,000
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name: Lions Gate Bridge National Historic Site of Canada
Designated:	24 March 2005
Reference #:	11711

Location in Vancouver

The Lions Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is one of Canada's National Historic Sites.

Images for kids

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  May 1934: Signing the First Narrows Bridge agreement

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  Lions Gate Bridge under construction, 1938

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  Lions Gate Bridge suspended structure replacement, April 2001

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  Lions Gate Bridge at Sunset, 2013

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  Lions Gate Bridge from Downtown Vancouver

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  Lions Gate Bridge and North Vancouver from Prospect Point in Stanley Park

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  Lions Gate Bridge from Stanley Park, 2013

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  Lions Gate Bridge in relation to Vancouver city and harbour, from Cypress Viewpoint, Dec 2012

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  Lions Gate Bridge from floatplane

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  Lions Gate Bridge from Stanley Park, 2013

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  Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver

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  Lions Gate Bridge 360 panorama, 2009