Georgia Viaduct
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The Georgia Viaduct is a 0.75-kilometre bridge that acts as a flyover-like overpass in Vancouver, British Columbia. It passes between GM Place and BC Place Stadium and connects Downtown Vancouver with Strathcona. It handles eastbound traffic only, with its counterpart, the Dunsmuir Viaduct, handling westbound traffic. The first Georgia Street Viaduct was built in 1913-15 and was designed to handle six lanes of traffic. It was replaced in 1972 by the current Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts, each of which carry three lanes of traffic.
The Georgia Viaduct's traffic comes from Georgia Street and leads vehicles to Prior Street and Main Street. Both the Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts are part of British Columbia provincial highway 1A.
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The second Georgia Viaduct was intended to form part of an extensive freeway system for Vancouver. However, communities were opposed to the idea of cutting up neighbourhoods for the purpose of such systems and the plan was scrapped. The freeway would have cut up many neighbourhoods around the Viaduct, including Strathcona, the Downtown Eastside and Chinatown. The damage would have been greatest in Strathcona, as the plan called for the freeway to run straight through that neighbourhood, which would have likely destroyed it.
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| Road bridges: | Alex Fraser Bridge | Arthur Laing Bridge | Burrard Street Bridge | Cambie Street Bridge | Dinsmore Bridge | Dollarton Bridge | Dunsmuir Viaduct | Georgia Viaduct | Golden Ears Bridge | Granville Street Bridge | Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing | Knight Street Bridge | Lions' Gate Bridge | Moray Bridge | No. 2 Road Bridge | Oak Street Bridge | Pattullo Bridge | Pitt River Bridge | Port Mann Bridge | Queensborough Bridge | Sea Island Bridge | Westham Island Bridge | |
| Road-rail bridges: | Derwent Way Bridge | |
| Rail bridges: | CNR Bridge | Fraser River Swing Bridge | Marpole Bridge | Second Narrows Bridge | Skybridge | |
| Pedestrian bridges: | Capilano Suspension Bridge | Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge | |
| Road tunnels: | Cassiar Tunnel | George Massey Tunnel | |
| Rail tunnels: | B.C. Railway Tunnel | CNR Tunnel | Douglas Tunnel | Dunsmuir Tunnel | Lonsdale Tunnel | |
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