{"id":6823,"date":"2012-01-01T12:03:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T12:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/ibt\/?post_type=projects&p=6823"},"modified":"2026-02-19T04:11:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:11:32","slug":"port-mann-bridge-vancouver-b-c-canada","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/ibt\/project\/port-mann-bridge-vancouver-b-c-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Mann Bridge – Vancouver, B.C., Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Customer<\/div>\n\t
Port Mann\/Highway 1, Transportation Investment Company<\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n
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Dates<\/div>\n

Construction Completed: 2012<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Localisation<\/div>\n
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Partners<\/div>\n
Design-Build Contractor: Peter Kiewit Sons\u2019, Co.\/Flatiron Constructors<br>Consultants: T.Y. Lin International in collaboration with SYSTRA IBT<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Activity<\/div>\n
SYSTRA IBT\u2019s Role: Bridge Design Consultant, detailed design, construction engineering and construction supervision.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
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DESIGN-BUILD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Main Span: <\/strong>470 m (1,542 ft)
Bridge Length: <\/strong>2.1 km (6,889 ft)
Width:<\/strong> 65 m (213 ft) (2 x 5 lanes, shoulders, and a sidewalk)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Port Mann Bridge, spanning 2,073 m (6,801 ft) and carrying the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) with ten lanes of traffic, stretches across the Fraser River in Vancouver, British Columbia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The superstructure comprises an 850 m (2,789 ft) long cable-stayed main span unit, featuring a 1,223 m (4,012 ft) precast concrete segmental box girder approach. The cable-stayed structure consists of a 470 m (1,542 ft) main span and 190 m (623 ft) side spans. The 65 m (213 ft) wide superstructure consists of two five-lane decks, separated by a 10 m (32 ft) median that houses the central pylons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each roadway is supported by two planes of stay cables and incorporates a composite structure of steel edge girders, floor beams, and precast concrete deck panels. The single mast concrete pylons serve as anchorages for all four planes of cables, reaching a height of approximately 160 m (524 ft). The upper 40 m (131 ft) is reserved for the composite steel-concrete stay anchorage housings. The approach spans consist of three parallel precast segmental box girders constructed using cantilever construction above the water and span-by-span construction on land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The foundations for the Port Mann Bridge typically consist of 1.8 m (5.9 ft) steel piles or 2.5 m (8.2 ft) drilled shafts supported on a firm ground till layer beneath loose sand deposits, situated at a depth below the riverbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n