A few weekends ago I took a walk up to the
Lions Gate Bridge. The route takes me through
Stanley Park. Its just a road, not very impressive, until you get to the bridge. These are some of the photos I took as a result. The scenes start with the approach to the bridge and then the lions that greet you once you get to your destination.
The 3-lane bridge was built across the first narrows on
Burrard Inlet to allow British Properties to access their holdings on the north shore. Construction started March 31, 1937 and took one and one half years to complete at a cost of $5,873,837.17. The design work was done by
Monsarrat and Pratley of Montreal, the company that later was responsible for designing the
Angus L. Macdonald Bridge in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a bridge built of similar design. Opened to traffic on November 14, 1938, the bridge was officially opened by
King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth on May 29, 1939. On January 20, 1955 the
Guiness family sold the bridge to the province of
British Columbia. The tolls were taken off the bridge in 1963. It is currently owned by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and maintained by Mainroad Contracting Limited. For more information about the bridge check out the Wikipedia entry on the subject.
You can see
Stanley Park from above, such as a view of the
seawall in the photo above, and also see downtown
Vancouver (below).
There is a small bridge across the highway (
Hwy 99 and 1A) built in a similar
Art Deco style as the approaches to the
Lions Gate Bridge. The
Art Deco style was popular during the time in the 1930s. The white flowers are English Daisies!
I hope you've enjoyed these photos. There are more to come in future. - V.
A few weekends ago I took a walk up to the Lions Gate Bridge. The route takes me through Stanley Park. Its just a road, not very impressive, until you get to the bridge. These are some of the photos I took as a result. The scenes start with the approach to the bridge and then the lions that greet you once you get to your destination.
The 3-lane bridge was built across the first narrows on Burrard Inlet to allow British Properties to access their holdings on the north shore. Construction started March 31, 1937 and took one and one half years to complete at a cost of $5,873,837.17. The design work was done by Monsarrat and Pratley of Montreal, the company that later was responsible for designing the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a bridge built of similar design. Opened to traffic on November 14, 1938, the bridge was officially opened by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on May 29, 1939. On January 20, 1955 the Guiness family sold the bridge to the province of British Columbia. The tolls were taken off the bridge in 1963. It is currently owned by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and maintained by Mainroad Contracting Limited. For more information about the bridge check out the Wikipedia entry on the subject.
You can see Stanley Park from above, such as a view of the seawall in the photo above, and also see downtown Vancouver (below).
There is a small bridge across the highway (Hwy 99 and 1A) built in a similar Art Deco style as the approaches to the Lions Gate Bridge. The Art Deco style was popular during the time in the 1930s. The white flowers are English Daisies!
I hope you've enjoyed these photos. There are more to come in future. - V.
2 comments:
reading a book called getaways last story in it titled sudden showers is great it takes place in vancouver thanks for great photos i was able to see what the characters of the story saw on their sightseeing trip. check out book its great
I'm in Vancouver this afternoon, so I'll make a point of heading over to Chapters! Thanks for checking out the blog!!! - V.
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