Pattullo now closed forever as new 4-lane bridge opens Saturday morning
Published 9:30 am Friday, February 13, 2026
TransLink says all four lanes of the new Stal̕əw̓asəm (“Riverview”) Bridge will open at 7 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14.
Meantime, the old Pattullo Bridge is now permanently closed to vehicles, ending an era of travel over Fraser River.
The sidewalk will remain open for cyclists and pedestrians until the morning of Feb. 17, TransLink said Friday (Feb. 13).
Since Feb. 6, both bridges have been closed to give crews time and space to complete connections to roadways on both sides of the new span, linking Surrey and New Westminster.
After a week of work, the bridges were supposed to re-open with four lanes of traffic split between Stal̕əw̓asəm and Pattullo, but plans changed; now motorists will use the new bridge only.
Complete deconstruction of Pattullo Bridge will take place over the next two years, starting this month.
On the Surrey side, the new Highway 17 off-ramp, multi-use paths and sidewalks will be completed in mid-2026, as the work can’t be done until Pattullo Bridge has been partially removed.
On Dec. 24, one of four lanes opened on the Stal̕əw̓asəm, keeping a B.C. government promise to have vehicles use the Pattullo Bridge replacement by Christmas but falling short of what some might consider an “open” bridge.
The $1.6-billion project was hit with construction delays and questions about the size of the new bridge (some want six lanes, not four) and its new name (which isn’t popular with everyone).
The Stal̕əw̓asəm name for the new bridge was announced Dec. 8 in recognition of “First Nations’ deep historical and current connections to the area,” according to B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation and Transit. The name, pronounced STALL-oh-AW-sum, translates to “place to view the river” in the Indigenous halkomelem (hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓) language.
Pattullo Bridge, opened in 1937, was named after Thomas Dufferin “Duff” Pattullo, B.C. Premier from 1933 to 1941.
Fraser Crossing Partners was awarded the contract to design and build the replacement bridge. The B.C. government will own and maintain Stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge. More details arew posted on pattullobridgereplacement.ca.
