Design and Construction of the Capilano Cliffwalk

The Cliffwalk at the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park in North Vancouver truly is a structure that hangs off a cliff. The 213 m long, 0.5 m wide steel walkway with timber decking is cantilevered some 3 m from the face of the cliff and considered to be the first of its kind in the world. It consists of a series of 8 bridges, 5 stairs, 7 platforms (two with glass decks) and a cable supported curved bridge that traverse the eastern face of the Capilano Canyon and only require 11 sq. m of foundation area. Rock fall risk management was identified as an early design constraint. To mitigate pedestrian exposure to any stray rock fall, the majority of the walkway is cantilevered from the rock face by 3.0 m. Rock management is also provided by the construction of a reinforced soil slope at the crest of the cliff, stabilizing the cliff face with rock bolts and the construction of rock fencing wherever the field testing of rock trajectories indicated. Construction access was very limited and the original design needed to limit the weight of individual members to allow erection using only manpower, with only the curved, cable supported steel bridge and a couple of the straight bridge segments requiring erection with a small crane. For the coverig asbtract of this conference see record control number 201111RT334E.

• Record URL:
  http://conf.tac-atc.ca/english/annualconference/tac2011/english/papers_by_title.htm
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

  401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Authors:
  • LAROSE, K
  • LOPTSON, S
  • WYLLIE, DC
  • MASTERSON, S
• Conference:
  • 2011 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF CANADA. TRANSPORTATION SUCCESSES: LET'S BUILD ON THEM. 2011 Congress et Exhibition de l'Association des Transports du Canada. Les Succes en Transports: Une Tremplin vers l'Avenir
  • Location: Edmonton , Canada
  • Date: 2011-9-11 to 2011-9-14
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 16 p.
• Monograph Title: 2011 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada - Transportation Successes: Let's Build on Them

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anchorages; Bolts; Cantilevers; Conferences; Construction; Design; Environmental protection; Footbridges; Landslides; Prevention; Rock mechanics; Rocks; Slopes
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 3420: Anchorage; 3888: Bolt; 8018: Canada; 3450: Cantilever; 8525: Conference; 3655: Construction; 9011: Design (overall design); 3475: Footbridge; 4029: Landslide; 2448: Nature protection; 9149: Prevention; 4154: Rock; 5757: Rock mechanics; 2831: Slope (terrain)
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Geotechnology; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01360451
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Jan 9 2012 11:44AM