And so the north shore port became an amalgam of operations with Canadian National, Pacific Great Eastern and Harbour and Wharves Commission all using the bridge when it was not out of service.

Stewart Ltd built the first bridge to connect Vancouver with the North Shore over the tidal bore of the narrows.

The attached vehicle deck opened to road traffic in 1925 and the main structure to trains a year later.

After being hit by a number of ships and being out of service for four years, the provincial government bought the bridge in 1933 and installed a lift section of the deck.

The current bridge has a vertical clearance of 46 metres (151 ft) at the main lift span fully raised (open position).

The vertical lift section of the Second Narrows Railway Bridge provides 137 metres (449 ft) clear navigation width between rubbing fenders.