Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing

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The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing is a major steel truss bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia, known both as a key transportation link and for the 1958 construction disaster that led to its memorial designation.

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Label Occurrences
Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing canonical 7

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf memorial bridge ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
steel truss bridge ⓘ
additionalDeathsRelatedToAccident 4 ⓘ
carries British Columbia Highway 1 ⓘ
connects North Vancouver ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ
constructionDisasterYear 1958 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
crosses Burrard Inlet ⓘ
design cantilever truss ⓘ
hasBicycleAccess yes ⓘ
hasCategory Bridges in Vancouver ⓘ
Memorials to workers ⓘ
Road bridges in British Columbia ⓘ
Truss bridges in Canada ⓘ
hasCommemorativeNameChangeReason 1958 construction disaster ⓘ
hasFeature separate eastbound and westbound decks ⓘ
hasFormerName Second Narrows Bridge ⓘ
Second Narrows Crossing ⓘ
linked to: Second Narrows
hasLocalName Ironworkers Bridge ⓘ
Second Narrows ⓘ
hasMemorialPlaque commemorating workers killed during construction ⓘ
hasNavigationClearance suitable for ocean-going vessels ⓘ
hasNumberOfLanes 8 ⓘ
hasSidewalks yes ⓘ
hasToll no ⓘ
isKeyTransportationLinkFor North Shore communities of Metro Vancouver ⓘ
isOneOfMainCrossingsOf Burrard Inlet ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ
locatedNear Port of Vancouver ⓘ
locatedOn Burrard Peninsula ⓘ
maintainedBy British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure ⓘ
material steel ⓘ
memorialPurpose to honour workers who died during construction ⓘ
namedAfter ironworkers killed in the 1958 Second Narrows Bridge collapse ⓘ
numberOfWorkersKilledInConstructionAccident 19 ⓘ
officialNameAdopted 1994 ⓘ
opened 1960 ⓘ
openedToTraffic August 25, 1960 ⓘ
partOf Trans-Canada Highway ⓘ
region Metro Vancouver ⓘ
replaced original Second Narrows Bridge ⓘ
totalDeathsCommemorated 22 ⓘ
trafficType motor vehicles ⓘ
waterwaySection Second Narrows of Burrard Inlet ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burrard Inlet → crossedBy → Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing ⓘ
North Vancouver District → roadConnection → Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing ⓘ
Burrard Inlet → crossedBy → Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing ⓘ
Seymour Creek Indian Reserve No. 2 → locatedNear → Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing ⓘ
British Columbia Highway 1 → bridgeUsed → Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing ⓘ
Second Narrows Rail Bridge → parallelTo → Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing ⓘ
Second Narrows Rail Bridge → locatedNear → Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing ⓘ