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RIVER VIEW
New bridge offers four lanes
between Surrey and
New Westminster
by John Tenpenny
LL FOUR LANES on the stal'əw̓asəm (Riverview) Bridge,
which replaced the Pattullo Bridge, are now
open to vehicle tra昀케c between Surrey and New
Westminster.
“The stal'əw̓asəm Bridge is a new regional landmark,” said Mike Farnworth, Minister of Transportation and Transit. “I’d like to thank the crews tasked with
the monumental job of building this major piece of infrastructure for their hard work and for delivering a bridge
that is going to support safe, reliable travel for commuters,
truck drivers, pedestrians and cyclists.”
The new $1.637-billion bridge features four wider lanes
with a centre median and barrier-separated walking and
cycling lanes. It optimizes the use of the existing road
network and travel patterns to improve safety, reliability
and e昀케ciency for everyone and is built to modern seismic,
structural and roadway-design standards.
The stal'əw̓asəm Bridge is a single tower cable-stay
bridge, which di昀昀erentiates it from the Alex Fraser and
Port Mann bridges. Each cable has up to 80 strands, and the
longest cable on the main span is approximately 300 metres.
The total length is 1,235 metres, equivalent to more
than 12 Canadian football 昀椀elds.
There are approximately 62,400 cubic metres of concrete
in the bridge, enough to 昀椀ll 25 Olympic swimming pools.
The stal'əw̓asəm name can be understood as “a space
where you can view the river.” The English name is Riverview. The name recognizes First Nations’ historical and
current connections to the area. Former Musqueam Indian
Reserve No. 1 and Kwantlen Indian Reserve No. 8 were
in qiqéyt, an important village site near the base of the
bridge in Surrey. The hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ name is featured on the
bridge’s crossbeam, and First Nations art is being installed
across the project.
John Tenpenny is the
Editor of ReNew Canada.
18—RENEW CANADA – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2026
BC MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT
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The stal' w'as m Bridge is a single tower
cable-stay bridge, which differentiates it
from the Alex Fraser and Port Mann bridges.
