Case Study

Coast Meridian Overpass

Coast Meridian Overpass

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1 Kryton International Inc. 1645 East Kent Avenue, Vancouver BC, Canada V5P 2S8 | TEL 1.604.324.8280 | FAX 1.604.324.8899 | TOLL FREE 1.800.267.8280 | WEB kryton.com Kryton, Krystol and KIM are trademarks of Kryton International Inc. © 2018 CASE STUDY Coast Meridian Overpass Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada BACKGROUND The Coast Meridian Overpass is a 580 m four-lane cable stayed bridge in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, crossing an active Canadian Pacific railyard. Construction began in March 2008 and the bridge opened on time to 4 lanes of traffic with lanes for pedestrians and bicycles as well. The design challenge for the bridge, was crossing 50 parallel sets of tracks in the CPR rail yard without disrupting train traffic or rail operations. The solution was to install con

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