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Construction, costing approximately $16.6 million in 1959 [2] ($140 million in 2017 [3]), began on the tunnel in March 1957, and it was opened to traffic on May 23, 1959 [2] as the Deas Island Tunnel. Queen Elizabeth II attended the official opening ceremony of the tunnel on July 15, 1959.
Sep 7, 2009 · The tunnel which connects Delta and Richmond to downtown Vancouver by carrying Highway 99 traffic under the south arm of the Fraser River, was opened on May 23, 1959. The tunnel was originally known as the Deas Island Tunnel.
- It's The Lowest Road in Canada
- Massey Was The Last Person to Pay A Toll to Go Through It
- The Queen Opened It
- Where'd The Delta Princess Go?
- First Tunnel of Its Kind in North America, and only The Second in The World
This may come as a surprise, but if you think about it, it makes sense. Most of Canada is not at sea level, so tunnels in other places may be further below the surface, but not as low down. The road's lowest point isn't that time it got fired and was couch surfing for a month, but about 22 metres below the Fraser River, which empties into the ocean...
In 1964 Nehemiah George Massey paid $1 to use the tunnel. As the MLA who fought to get it built, his last toll was a publicity move to mark the end of tolls in the tunnel. At the time it was still called the Deas Island Tunnel. Massey died four days after paying his toll and the tunnel was renamed in his honour in 1967.
On July 15, 1959, a woman named Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (Mountbatten-Windsor), also known as Queen Elizabeth II, came and kindly opened up the tunnel (though it had been open for traffic since May 23). It was part of a big cross-Canada trip for the monarch as she also visited all the provinces and territories. Deas Island Tunnel wasn't even the on...
Before the tunnel was built a ferry did the run between Ladner and Richmond, up to five round trips in two hours. The last ship that did the run was the Delta Princess. However, the ship, built-in 1949, was still seaworthy and found work in the Gulf Islands, eventually becoming part of the BC Ferries fleet in 1961. Over the decades it saw less and ...
The George Massey Tunnel was an engineering marvel for its time. It was unusual for being rectangular (instead of circular), it had all sorts of new technology incorporated into its design (like magnetic car counters and TV cameras) and it was made on dry land. It was only the second time a tunnel was prefabricated on land and then sunk into place,...
Apr 17, 2014 · The film was originally called Deas Island Tunnel and is about the construction of the tunnel under the Fraser between Richmond and Delta in 1957-1959.
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Oct 16, 2016 · Seen here under construction, the Deas Island Tunnel between Richmond and Ladner was officially opened in 1959 by Queen Elizabeth II. (It was later renamed the George Massey Tunnel after its main proponent.)
May 24, 2019 · On Saturday, May 23, 1959, the Deas Island Tunnel welcomed its first vehicles, bringing with it easier access to the rest of the Lower Mainland and ushering in incredible population growth.
Oct 28, 2022 · The tunnel was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in July 1959 but had been open to traffic since May of that year. It was originally named the Deas Island Tunnel because it went just past the end of Deas Island. Prior to the construction of the tunnel, a variety of ferries ran between Ladner and Richmond as far back as the early 1890s.
