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Two Bridges Over the Fraser.

Posted by Gord Halvorsen in Calgary on November 14, 2026. Used to drive shop trucks across the old 1937 Pattullo Bridge all the time, and man those lanes were tight. Now the new bridge is open right beside it (Feedmepaperr and Vancouver Archives photos).

Earlier posts: Five 4.4-Megawatt Cat Gensets Down at Lenmark (11-13), All 5.7 Kilometres of Track Are Down Under Broadway (11-12), That Big Copper Canopy at Calgary's BMO Centre (11-11), Looking Across the Peace River at Site C (11-10) and Canadian Tool Counters and BC Screwdriver Makers (11-09).

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