NO. 2 ROAD BRIDGE

The No. 2 Road Bridge provides a necessary link between the fast growing city of Richmond and the city of Vancouver over the north arm of the Fraser River. The bridge ties into existing No. 2 Road in Richmond on the south end and to Russ Baker Way on Sea Island at the north end. It consists of dual bridges that carry two lanes of traffic and a sidewalk on the north and south.

The bridge was built by Dilcon Constructors, Ltd. based on a bid of $22M (Canadian). The river crossing consists of 10 spans with a total length of 1,857 ft. Span lengths range from 118 ft. to 210 ft., with a typical span length of 197 ft. The typical section has a top slab width of 41 ft. and a depth of 7.87 ft. Segment weights range from 70 tons to 90 tons.

The 168 precast segments were precast using two casting cells by Conforce Structures, Ltd. At the outset of the project, Dilcon Constructors opted to redesign the spans over land (spans 1 through 3 and 10) as cast-in-place on falsework. This allowed the remainder of the bridge to be precast using the balanced cantilever method of erection erected with marine equipment.

The piers and pier segments are cast-in-place and a closure joint used between the first precast segment and the CIP pier. Segments were barged to the site and placed using a scow mounted ringer crane. Construction of the No. 2 Road Bridge began in June of 1992 with a scheduled completion date of May 1993. Precast erection began in December of 1992 and the bridge was completed in March of 1993.