My late husband's parent's moved to West Vancouver from Niagara Fall's, Ontario in 1960. The father Fred P. was a Professional Engineer,he did the Port Mann and wasn't happy with the design,took his bussiness over Seas to Japan etc.
Astounding that while this was built , the patullo bridge was the detour . Yet the Patullo bridge is still going strong , outlasting that 1960’s engineering. Thankfully we have work safe rules these days. The video shows several near misses of hands almost being caught in that drilling equipment. Pretty bad safety rules. I wonder how many workers were killed or injured during the build?
The old port mann still had 25 years of design life in it when it was removed and the pautello has been operating well beyond its designed lifespan for years, the entire bridge deck not just the wearable surface was re cast 10 years ago at night
I live on the Surrey side and the old bridge was nothing but a COMPLETE nightmare of a design! It was hazardous and especially dangerous at night with the wackiest road-level continuous lighting that caused countless accidents! Worse design ever compared to the fabulous newly built Port Mann Bridge !!!
when i was a little girl in the 60s i loved going over the port mann bridge. we loved the fog lights lit up on the bridge railings. our gparents lived in ladner and normally we went over the pattullo bridge river way to ladner. but a treat was going over the port mann bridge at night coming home
Money, flatiron and PKS made at least a billion dollars off the project because it was a design/build contract and they got paid to remove the old bridge
@@BCHistoryrumour was that innovative pile system ended up being placed over a large rock that over time was moving and causing issues with one of the pier supports
My late husband's parent's moved to West Vancouver from Niagara Fall's, Ontario in 1960. The father Fred P. was a Professional Engineer,he did the Port Mann and wasn't happy with the design,took his bussiness over Seas to Japan etc.
EXACTLY .... you're husband was right all along!
Astounding that while this was built , the patullo bridge was the detour . Yet the Patullo bridge is still going strong , outlasting that 1960’s engineering.
Thankfully we have work safe rules these days. The video shows several near misses of hands almost being caught in that drilling equipment. Pretty bad safety rules. I wonder how many workers were killed or injured during the build?
Watch some of the videos of the construction of the Lion's Gae bridge. I am surprised more men did not die.
The old port mann still had 25 years of design life in it when it was removed and the pautello has been operating well beyond its designed lifespan for years, the entire bridge deck not just the wearable surface was re cast 10 years ago at night
I live on the Surrey side and the old bridge was nothing but a COMPLETE nightmare of a design! It was hazardous and especially dangerous at night with the wackiest road-level continuous lighting that caused countless accidents! Worse design ever compared to the fabulous newly built Port Mann Bridge !!!
Loved the old bridge, it blended in with the scenery, unlike the new one.
when i was a little girl in the 60s i loved going over the port mann bridge. we loved the fog lights lit up on the bridge railings. our gparents lived in ladner and normally we went over the pattullo bridge river way to ladner. but a treat was going over the port mann bridge at night coming home
Too bad, Gov of BC destroyed the original one.
I did not understand why it was taken down. I would have thlought there were other uses for it
@@BCHistory Westbound could use the original bridge, with the new bridge can have reversible lanes like SF Golden Gate Bridge.
I really wondered about the decision. It surprised me at the time. It is not like the first Port Mann bridge was going to fail
Money, flatiron and PKS made at least a billion dollars off the project because it was a design/build contract and they got paid to remove the old bridge
@@BCHistoryrumour was that innovative pile system ended up being placed over a large rock that over time was moving and causing issues with one of the pier supports