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06-30-2011, 01:54 PM
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06-30-2011, 02:00 PM
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06-30-2011, 02:54 PM
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#28 | | Rider
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thats really nice. if we had that then there no more use for the ferry's, and my guess is that ferrys are more money to maintain.
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06-30-2011, 02:57 PM
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Smokey Nagata should do a top speed run on that bridge.
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06-30-2011, 04:01 PM
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06-30-2011, 04:25 PM
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#31 | | I don't get it
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Just fkn beautiful, wouldn't
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06-30-2011, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by civic_rice thats what we need to go from the island to the mainland.....heck id pay a $20 toll to use it | yeah i always wondered why we dont make one at the shortest points, maybe cut through one of the smaller islands.... but most of that area is provincial parks (after all even the USA made long ass bridges in the 60s)
we have one on the east coast :/ (confederation bridge built in the 90s for 1bn+)
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06-30-2011, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by StylinRed yeah i always wondered why we dont make one at the shortest points, maybe cut through one of the smaller islands.... but most of that area is provincial parks | The depth of the water between the Island and Vancouver is so much greater than most of these huge ass bridges around the world.
Not to mention construction costs of a project that big would be immense here in the western world.
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There are no fixed bridges in existence today that would meet the conditions present in Georgia Strait. Prince Edward Island’s $1-billion Confederation Bridge is only 12.9 kilometres long and is set in water 35 metres deep with a rock bottom. In comparison, a fixed bridge across British Columbia’s Georgia Strait would be 26 kilometres in length and in water up to 365 metres deep. The Tagus River Bridge in Lisbon has the deepest conventional bridge foundation in existence in water depths of only 79 metres. That is far shallower than what would be required for a floating bridge between Vancouver Island and British Columbia’s mainland. Greece’s Rion Antirion Bridge, which was completed in 2004, faced challenges quite similar to those in Georgia Strait. It too is in a high seismic zone and must contend with an ocean bottom consisting of deep, soft sediments. However, this structure is only 2.8 kilometres long and sits in waters of only 65 metres. It cost an estimated $1213 million to complete and each of four main pier structures cost $146 million.
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06-30-2011, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by tgill The depth of the water between the Island and Vancouver is so much greater than most of these huge ass bridges around the world.
Not to mention construction costs of a project that big would be immense here in the western world. | not if they built it up by duncan bay(campbell river) 
and i edited my post but wouldnt it be similar to the confederation bridge connecting new brunswick/pei ?
edit: ah thx 
edit2: ROFL wtf CBC is talking about a bridge to the island now too
the bridge they're proposing on tv now though is building a bridge right across the middle....  they expect it to cost $8-12bn and a toll of $260 would be needed lol
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06-30-2011, 06:08 PM
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06-30-2011, 06:10 PM
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#36 | | resident Oil Guru
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06-30-2011, 06:19 PM
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Dont think bridge to Vancouver Island is gonna happen because BC Ferries would cease to exist. I believe they use the main Island-Mainland routes to subsidize all the smaller routes?
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06-30-2011, 06:33 PM
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^ I don't think its suitable to bridge the two. Keeps BC more 'nature' like if its just a ferry. Besides, i like the ferry!
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06-30-2011, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo ^ I don't think its suitable to bridge the two. Keeps BC more 'nature' like if its just a ferry. Besides, i like the ferry! | thumbs down for those arcade games tho that are usually always broken 
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06-30-2011, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo ^ I don't think its suitable to bridge the two. Keeps BC more 'nature' like if its just a ferry. Besides, i like the ferry! |
Ya but you live on the mainland.
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06-30-2011, 07:22 PM
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^ As do the majority of folk?
I mean, if the 'mainland' folks regularly need to commute to Victoria or something sure, but in the end, living in the island is the minority. However my opinion may be the only minority. | |
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06-30-2011, 07:29 PM
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#42 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by tgill The depth of the water between the Island and Vancouver is so much greater than most of these huge ass bridges around the world.
Not to mention construction costs of a project that big would be immense here in the western world.
Studies have been done on the feasibility. http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/publications...fixed_link.htm | From the govt website, toll 180 - 260 (one way) on a $8-12 billion bridge, and knowing the govt it will cost WAY more. People would be begging to get the ferry back if you had to pay that much
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06-30-2011, 07:40 PM
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#43 | | Throw yo paws in da air!
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Originally Posted by vitaminG From the govt website, toll 180 - 260 (one way) on a $8-12 billion bridge, and knowing the govt it will cost WAY more. People would be begging to get the ferry back if you had to pay that much | considering ppl already complain for the prices now..15$ per passenger i think and like 40$ if ur takin a car ? so..55$ or so and ppl are like HOLYSHITEXPENSIVE! (at least i do lmao) imagine if we had to pay 180-260...fuck that shit
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06-30-2011, 07:59 PM
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06-30-2011, 08:00 PM
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unless they make it no speed limit haha..
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06-30-2011, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by $_$ Watching Vancouver/Richmond do construction on our roads is the most frustrating and facepalming experience. Richmond is constantly repaving roads that they recently repave or do not need to repave, then the roads that DO need to repave never get paved. There are always women construction workers holding "slow down" signs, when that could be just as easily be replaced with a dummy worker AND be safer. They also love to do things during rush hour. I watched city workers plant flowers on half a block of Garden City for TWO DAYS with the turning lane completely coned off. | Spend money to destroy the busiest street in Richmond, No3 Road, to build B Line bus lanes. Years later, DESTROY AGAIN!
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06-30-2011, 09:26 PM
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So is there a toll to use this bridge or is it free to cross?
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06-30-2011, 10:30 PM
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^I bet you there is, nothing is free in China. You have to pay to get through SECTIONS of the highway.
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06-30-2011, 11:53 PM
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one accident and that bridge will be more fucked than number 3 road at rush hour with slight rain
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