154 Y. Kaya et al. 15.2 Description of the Bridge As seen in Fig. 15.1, the Granville Street Bridge is located in N49.2718 and -E123.1339 of geographical coordinates in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the longitudinal direction of the bridge is 45ı oriented to east from the true magnetic north. The bridge, owned by the City of Vancouver, connects downtown Vancouver to south of Vancouver through Granville Island. Truck traffic and heavier types of tour buses are prohibited to use the bridge even though transit buses are allowed to transit the bridge, and it is posted for 27 tonne load limit. Figure 15.2 shows the dimensions of the steel spans, the locations of the pin connections and the expansion joints on the bridge. The total length of the steel spans is 544 m, and length of each span varies from 28.6 to 121.16 m. Eight piers support the superstructure of the bridge, and the support conditions between superstructure and each pier is given in Fig. 15.3. Fig. 15.1 Location of Granville Street Bridge Fig. 15.2 Dimensions of the steel truss spans of the Granville Street Bridge, and the locations of the pin connections (red circle dots) and expansion joints (blue square dots). All dimensions are in meter
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