Coast Meridian Overpass, Cable-stayed bridge in Port Coquitlam, Canada

The Coast Meridian Overpass is a 580-metre-long, 25-metre-wide cable-stayed bridge over the Canadian Pacific railyard in Port Coquitlam. It carries four traffic lanes, with a bike lane on the northbound side and a separated pedestrian walkway on the southbound side. A tall dark pylon with a wider cap anchors cables that fan down to the deck, which runs beside a multi-lane asphalt roadway with white markings.

The bridge was built from 2008 to 2010 to connect the northern and southern areas of Port Coquitlam. The project employed innovative techniques to construct over active railway lines.

The overpass carries Coast Meridian Road over the Canadian Pacific railyard, linking the residential north of Port Coquitlam with the commercial south. Its name follows the road it extends, Coast Meridian Road, a north-south artery. The bridge has a bike lane on the northbound side and a separated pedestrian walkway on the southbound side.

The bridge carries four lanes with a 50 km/h speed limit. A bike lane runs on the northbound side and a separated pedestrian walkway on the southbound side. It links Coast Meridian Road and Lougheed Highway to the north with Kingsway Avenue and Broadway Street to the south.

Engineers used a push-launch system to move the bridge sections over more than 50 railway tracks during construction. This allowed train operations below to continue without interruption.