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VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver is advancing the next phase of rehabilitation work on the multi-year Granville Bridge project.

Structural rehabilitation work on the bridge’s  is nearing completion, with traffic flow already returned to normal, explains a release.

That work, which began in spring 2025, included concrete and deck joint repairs and bearing replacement.

This month, construction began on the second phase, which involves repairs to the steel structure and renewal of the steel coating system at localized sections on the north and south ends of the bridge. This work is anticipated to be complete by early 2027.

Since construction will take place on the steel structure underneath the bridge deck, minimal traffic impacts are anticipated, the city notes, however, renewing the bridge’s steel coating system is a noisy process that involves using high-pressure equipment to remove old layers of the coating.

Noise is anticipated during work hours, Monday to Saturday, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

More than $35 million is being invested in the rehabilitation work through the 2023–2026 Capital Plan.

Built in 1954, the Granville Bridge connects Vancouver to downtown via Granville Street. It’s one of over 40 bridge structures the city owns and maintains, ranging from vehicular and pedestrian bridges, to viaducts, overpasses and underpasses, the release adds.

Last year, the city took steps to boost accessibility and safety for bridge users with the completion of the first phase of the . This project involved reallocating two excess vehicle lanes to protected walking and cycling paths on the west side of the bridge.