Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing

IRONWORKERS MEMORIAL SECOND NARROWS CROSSING across BURRARD INLET in VANCOUVER was completed in 1960. A bridge across this part of the inlet was first erected in 1925 to handle both car and rail traffic. After a series of accidents, the original bridge was knocked out by the log barge Pacific Gatherer in 1930 and was not replaced until 1934. The present bridge was built as the Second Narrows Bridge from 1956 to 1960. During construction, on 17 June 1958, the partially completed span collapsed...

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