49°12′29″N122°53′39″W / 49.208167°N 122.894204°W / 49.208167; -122.894204 (New Westminster Bridge)
Carries
Freight and passenger trains Originally, trains and automobiles
Crosses
Fraser River
Locale
New Westminster Surrey
Owner
Government of Canada
Maintained by
Canadian National Railway
Characteristics
Design
Swing bridge
Material
Steel[1]
Pier construction
Granite[1]
Total length
2,400 ft (731.5 m) (not including approaches) [1]
Longest span
380 ft (120 m)[2]
No. of spans
4
Clearance below
22 ft (6.7 m)[3]: 38
Capacity
60 trains per day[4]
Rail characteristics
No. of tracks
1
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Electrified
No
History
Designer
Waddel & Hedrick[1]
Construction start
August 1902[1]
Opened
July 23, 1904[1]
Statistics
Daily traffic
46 freight trains per day[4]
Location
The New Westminster Bridge (also known as the New Westminster Rail Bridge (NSRW)[3] or the Fraser River Swing Bridge) is a swing bridge that crosses the Fraser River and connects New Westminster with Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
The bridge is owned by the Government of Canada, operated and maintained by the Canadian National Railway, with the Southern Railway of British Columbia (SRY), Canadian Pacific Railway, and BNSF Railway having track usage rights,[3] as do Amtrak's Cascades
(with service to Portland and Seattle) and Via Rail's The Canadian (with service to Toronto).
^ abcdef"Legacy of Waddell & Harrington Sets Stage for Future Success". Hardesty & Hanover.
^Washington state long-range plan for Amtrak Cascades (PDF) (Report). Freight Systems Division, Washington State Department of Transportation. February 2006. pp. E–3 to E–5 – via All Aboard Washington.
^ abcLower mainland rail infrastructure study (PDF). Greater Vancouver Gateway Council (Report). December 17, 2004. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
^ ab"The system in 2030 - Rail". Greater Vancouver Gateway Council. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
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