BLENKINSOP LAKE BRIDGE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, DISTRICT OF SAANICH, VICTORIA, BC

The Victoria urban region has developed over 100 km of recreational trails along disused railway right-of-ways. A major gap in this system occurred at the Blenkinsop Lake where the original timber trestle had been demolished. This paper describes the public and engineering process in the planning and rebuilding of a new bridge (282 m long). A major influence was the impact of construction on the environment and protection of avia habitat and environmental monitoring was implemented. The constractor was required to construct the bridge from spans already completed and no mechanical equipment was allowed on the adjacent wetlands. Construction cost was $850,000. Opened in the fall of 2000, its use has exceeded the original projections. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD number E201066. (A)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

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• Authors:
  • RUSHFORTH, A J
  • MCQUARRIE, E
  • MUNDAY, D
  • BESTER, N
  • PEASE, C
  • Fleming, G
  • NOVAK, C
• Conference:
  • 2001 ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, SEPTEMBER 16-19, 2001, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA : PARTNERING FOR SUCCESS IN TRANSPORTATION
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Conferences; Construction; Environmental protection; Planning
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 3655: Construction; 2444: Environment protection; 143: Planning
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Environment; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00922125
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• ISBN: 1-55187-147-5
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 2 2002 12:00AM