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New Westminster Bridge

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The toll for the upper bridge was 25 cents and created quite an uproar for farmers who found out quickly that by taking their livestock across on foot would cost them a quarter a head but if they put them in a truck it cost a quarter for the whole load.
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in 1937. The upper deck was removed and the bridge was converted exclusively for rail use. On May 29, 1982, a significant fire broke out on the New Westminster Bridge. On November 28, 1987, a barge struck the bridge. The resulting legal action of
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As of 2004, the speed limit for trains was 11 miles per hour (18 kilometres per hour), which had been increased from 8 mph (13 km/h).
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Crossing the river prior to the construction of the New Westminster Bridge required using the
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The bridge was the preferred method of transport across the Fraser until the opening of the
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The New Westminster Bridge was constructed in 1904 and formally opened on July 23 by the
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Archival photos of the bridge from the New Westminster Public Library
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ferry which would dock at the present day neighbourhood of
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Coordinates
49°12′29″N 122°53′39″W / 49.208167°N 122.894204°W / 49.208167; -122.894204 (New Westminster Bridge)
Fraser River
New Westminster
Surrey
Government of Canada
Canadian National Railway
Swing bridge
Clearance below
tracks
Track gauge
standard gauge
Electrified
Waddel & Hedrick
Daily traffic
swing bridge
Fraser River
New Westminster
Surrey, British Columbia
Government of Canada
Canadian National Railway
Southern Railway of British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
BNSF Railway
Amtrak
Cascades
Portland
Seattle
Via Rail

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