Granville Street Bridge - Granville Connector Project | U/C

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

https://bids.vancouver.ca/bidopp/RFP...opsRemoval.PDF


https://bids.vancouver.ca/bidopp/RFP...opsRemoval.PDF

https://twitter.com/City_Duo/status/...365514754?s=20

Completion: November 2023. I'm guessing the elevator will have to wait until the Reaper invasion?

Originally Posted by ecbin

I happened to walk over the Granville bridge for the first time a few weeks ago and the sidewalks are shockingly narrow. I'm surprised that there haven't been more pedestrian deaths from them falling into traffic.

The bridge itself is manageable, but you might have to step into the road a couple times on the ramps.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Completion: November 2023. I'm guessing the elevator will have to wait until the Reaper invasion?



The bridge itself is manageable, but you might have to step into the road a couple times on the ramps.

The best is the South side Fir Street ramp where you get dumped into the road with no crosswalk.

[MIPS]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

I'm guessing the elevator will have to wait until the Reaper invasion?

[FarmerHaight]

Granville Bridge's new pedestrian and cycling pathway and north loops demolition to proceed for $28 million

It is presumed the municipal government merged both projects together for the benefits of economies of scale in terms of construction cost, and a reduced overall construction timeline and impacts to traffic. Construction could begin as early as before the end of 2022 or early 2023.

But there will still be major traffic disruptions, as City staff in their report to City Council this week note the full width of the bridge’s north approach will be closed for six months to allow for demolition works. Two lanes of traffic will be kept open at all times throughout construction on the main bridge span.

[Jimbo604]

DailyHive Granville Bridge's new pedestrian and cycling pathway and north loops demolition to proceed for $28 million Kenneth Chan Oct 24 2022, 5:18 pm

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/gran...ition-contract

[jollyburger]

Demo of the Granville Loops

• Video Link

[jollyburger]

They've started removing the concrete median on the Granville Bridge as well.

[madog222]

West Loop going: https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/c...ey_taste_good/

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

They've started removing the concrete median on the Granville Bridge as well.

Traffic on the bridge was quite the mess today. I’m surprised they’re removing the centre median. Wasn’t the plan to close the two curb lanes? Surely they’ll still have a centre median.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Traffic on the bridge was quite the mess today. I’m surprised they’re removing the centre median. Wasn’t the plan to close the two curb lanes? Surely they’ll still have a centre median.

Here's how that works. No centre median. Three lanes of traffic each direction. The Two western traffic lanes become more pedestrian space and a two-direction bike lane. There's a concrete safety barrier to keep the cyclists safe from drivers, and another on the eastern side to keep the pedestrians on the eastern sidewalk safe. That mean the middle of the traffic lanes won't be where the median used to be.

"During construction, the bridge deck will shrink to two vehicle lanes travelling each way.

"It definitely will be slower and we expect some drivers will end up taking different routes, but we're not expecting significant congestion because of this," said Storer." [CBC]

[jollyburger]

If they want to people to respect the 30km/h construction zone speed limit it might help to do enforcement for a few weeks to scare drivers into obeying it.

It'll look sort of like this.



https://vancouver.ca/streets-transpo...ecommendations

[madog222]

It has never been clear what this interim design is exactly, I assume it's 3+3 lanes over the bridge with jersey barriers separating bike lanes on the existing deck.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by madog222

It has never been clear what this interim design is exactly, I assume it's 3+3 lanes over the bridge with jersey barriers separating bike lanes on the existing deck.

From the CBC link above (from February). I think they might need something better than a paint line between the extra pedestrian width and the bike lanes, but it might be OK. Ideally they would have added concrete to make the added pedestrian width at the same level as the existing sidewalk, but I assume that's where the budget cut bit.

[madog222]

Thanks

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Changing City

Here's how that works. No centre median. Three lanes of traffic each direction. The Two western traffic lanes become more pedestrian space and a two-direction bike lane. There's a concrete safety barrier to keep the cyclists safe from drivers, and another on the eastern side to keep the pedestrians on the eastern sidewalk safe. That mean the middle of the traffic lanes won't be where the median used to be.

"During construction, the bridge deck will shrink to two vehicle lanes travelling each way.

"It definitely will be slower and we expect some drivers will end up taking different routes, but we're not expecting significant congestion because of this," said Storer." [CBC]

No Centre barrier is a bad idea. It doesn’t feel great on Burrard and that bridge doesn’t attract speeders the way Granville does. There will be bad accidents.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by whatnext

No Centre barrier is a bad idea. It doesn’t feel great on Burrard and that bridge doesn’t attract speeders the way Granville does. There will be bad accidents.

There's never that many head on collisions on the Lions Gate Bridge.

[aberdeen5698]

Originally Posted by whatnext

No Centre barrier is a bad idea. It doesn’t feel great on Burrard and that bridge doesn’t attract speeders the way Granville does. There will be bad accidents.

That'll be offset by the fact that all the idiots I see on dashcam videos who end up driving down the wrong side of the street be able to get back onto right side...

[Zepfancouver]

Originally Posted by Zepfancouver

Demolition began sometime last week.

Today, the East loop
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Yesterday. That didn't take long, the East Loop is pretty much done.

[Zepfancouver]

Screen grab and gif from giallo's Vancouver House Post #2886 with a gracious written consent, thank you!


https://makeagif.com/i/tsP7-E










https://imgur.com/gallery/oS00KQ0

[officedweller]

Granville Bridge

Pic by me today pf Granville Bridge work: