Granville Street Bridge - Inside Out
by Kathy Bassett
Title
Granville Street Bridge - Inside Out
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Art
Description
A powerful structure becomes a fun and unpredictable adventure in form and texture. Granville Island offers many views, this being taken from a vantage point that included shade, a cold brew, and lots of celebration! The original bridge was completed in 1889. It was a 732-metre long low timber trestle. The navigation span, near the north end, was a trussed timber swing span, tied with wire ropes to a central wooden tower. It was largely designed by the CPR, and cost $16,000. In 1891 the bridge was widened on both sides for streetcar tracks, except where the tracks converged for the swing span.The second bridge was completed in 1909. It was a longer, medium-level steel bridge with a through truss swing span.On February 4, 1954, the current Granville Street Bridge, costing $16.5 million, opened. A million cars would cross over the bridge in its first month. The city of Vancouver funded the bridge itself as Mayor Frederick Hume said "no formal assistance given by any other government body."The eight-lane structure was constructed on the same alignment as the first bridge while steel plate girders salvaged from the second bridge made barges for constructing the foundations of the Oak Street Bridge.The first �civilian� to drive over the 1954 bridge was the same woman who was first to drive over the second bridge in 1909. She had been widowed between the two openings, and so had a different name. Both times she was at the wheel of a brand-new Cadillac.Recent improvements to the bridge include increasing its earthquake resistance, and installing higher curbs and median barriers.
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July 22nd, 2013
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Comments (66)
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion! L
Jeff Burgess
Many fantastic works have been submitted by artists in the PNW group. I thank you all for the submissions and if one of yours found its way into the features section, congratulations. For permanence, please place your wonderful art in the “Discussion” section: featured in 2021
Kathy Bassett
Thank you for the feature of my Granville Street Bridge in your AAA Images group, Chuck!
Kathy Bassett
Thank you so much for featuring Granville Street Bridge - Inside Out in your Images That Excite You group, John!
John Bailey
Very fun and intriguing Kathy! Congratulations on your feature in "Images That Excite You!"
Kathy Bassett
Thank you for featuring Granville Street Bridge - Inside Out in your Weekly FUN For ALL Mediums, Chrisann!
Kathy Bassett
Thanks for the support and having Granville Street Bridge - Inside Out featured on the home page of your Book Covers group!
Kathy Bassett
Thank you Hannah for the feature of Granville Street Bridge - Inside Out! in your International Women Artists.