When public sensibilities reached new heights in the 1960s, the bad-taste message was removed. Rumour has it that the room above the bridge was used as a lookout during the Second World War. When the Alex Fraser opened in 1986, its main span was the world's longest. The entire bridge makes for a long ride, too. It starts out in Delta and ends somewhere up near Prince Rupert, it seems.
Impressive cables run from concrete towers that look like a tuning fork.
Despite a million attempts to rid the bridge of its bumps, this is still less than a grand entrance to the city. It was also the way to the airport before the Arthur Laing Bridge went up in 1975. Park your car just past the Beach Avenue English Bay entrance to Stanley Park, walk through the tunnel that's under the road and you're in Ceperley Meadow, which is almost as magical as stepping into the world of Oz. Ceperley Meadow's trail follows a tree-lined creek, with ducks and . The first one is wooden with moss on its edges.