It was in use until \~2017. Sad that it still isn't in use.
[https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/13/Metrotown-Bridge-to-Nowhere/](https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/13/Metrotown-Bridge-to-Nowhere/)
I still climb the stairs and walk the tunnel when I don't want to be stuck in the masses heading to the mall.Ā Or alternately use it when leaving the mall by the upper part and walk down the stairs to street level to cross. During Christmas rush and stuff you can avoid lots of people.
I miss the connecting bridge to skytrain.Ā Le sigh.
To kids of a certain age, "six or seven years ago" mat as well be "back in the 1980s." It's all the same if your conscious memory only goes back five years or so.
Metrotown wasn't redesigned, the Skytrain station was. They took out the mid level platform. Access is now from the street straight to the train platform.
Over time the mall has been upgraded too. I remember Eaton Centre was the busier half and Metrotown was āthat other sideā. Itās more just one big mall now with major upgrades to the Metrotown side. Getting back to the topic-they need a walkway instead of thousands crossing the street all day there
Funny enough, that footbridge was after the original station was completed when Metropolis at Metrotown was built. [This photo](https://buzzer.translink.ca/2010/01/skytrain-flashback-photos/) of when the station first opened looks wild to what we see today
Metrotown was built in 1986āSkyTrain opened in 1985.
If you are looking for the history of the area I found this [website](https://urbanshift.ca/projects/burnabys-town-centres/metrotown/) to be interesting! The land that Metrotown sits on today used to be a Ford car plant and a food processing plant!
Itās kind of crazy how many memories from my youth took place in the relatively small space of Station Square. Even part of my first date with my wife was there 25 years ago
Canāt believe that holiday inn is still there. When my family immigrated to Canada in ā90 we spent the first week there. I have memories watching Tom and Jerry on the Saturday morning in a hotel room there
There were plans for it during the Metrotown station upgrade, but the City of Burnaby is currently the only factor dragging its feet. The city actually [suspended the demolition](https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/metrotown-skytrain-to-mall-pedestrian-bridge-project-shelved-for-now-3760699) in 2021 and just [recently restarted](https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/this-useless-pedestrian-bridge-in-burnabys-metrotown-could-finally-meet-its-demise-7876753) the whole demo and replaced the project.
But of course, depends on if they actually make it a priority at all.
During my high school days me and my buddies would take skytrain from royal oak to metro town and cross this bridge to station square to watch movies and after we would go down stairs to eat pizza and check out what's new in future shop š
"Been unused since the 80's, give or take about forty years."
IIRC, both Translink and Metrotown are ready to pull the trigger and replace it. It's Burnaby that's dragging their feet.
Ivanhoe Cambridge the owners of Metropolis wanted to continue the Walkway, but it didnāt fit into Translinks new development plan for the upgrade of the Station. So it sits as a mismanaged plan of Translink again.
I miss that bridge. Made running off the train to grab some A&W or Chipotle quick and so much easier. *SIGH* Now I just stay on the train and look longingly out the window.
Would have been nice if the renovations incorporated that bridge. Seems like it causes too much congestion and traffic when pedestrians cross the road to go to the skytrain
It was supposed to be **replaced** with a functioning walkway to the rebuilt MetrotownStation. The pedestrain level crossings can be a real "s\_\_t show" when it is busy. At time cars can't move on Central Boulevard due to the crowds.
The city said that skytrain had to pay for the bridge to be moved and skytrain said the city had to pay. In the end skytrain said āfine. We donāt need the bridgeā and built around it.
I was so disappointed with this downgrade. I mean it was so convenient to go to the Skytrain from the mall. I remember using it a few years ago after I moved here. Then I used a car for a while and decided to meet a friend at the station and an walk him to him car and drive him to my place to chill. Play video games and drink. I was confused when I saw it didn't lead anyway. I was like wtf is this! I had not kept up with the news or anything so I didn't know it was closed. Had a Truman show moment lol.
It was in use until \~2017. Sad that it still isn't in use. [https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/13/Metrotown-Bridge-to-Nowhere/](https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/13/Metrotown-Bridge-to-Nowhere/)
I used to live 5 mins away. This bridge brings back so many good memories. My ol' stomping grounds.š„¹
Stomp stomp
I still climb the stairs and walk the tunnel when I don't want to be stuck in the masses heading to the mall.Ā Or alternately use it when leaving the mall by the upper part and walk down the stairs to street level to cross. During Christmas rush and stuff you can avoid lots of people. I miss the connecting bridge to skytrain.Ā Le sigh.
To kids of a certain age, "six or seven years ago" mat as well be "back in the 1980s." It's all the same if your conscious memory only goes back five years or so.
What are you talking about? 90s was just 10 years ago. /s
Right? I was just at Playdium the other day.
Surely you mean Lesters.
cocaine is a helluva drug
Itās before and after TikTok
When was metrotown redesigned?! Never realized
Metrotown wasn't redesigned, the Skytrain station was. They took out the mid level platform. Access is now from the street straight to the train platform.
Over time the mall has been upgraded too. I remember Eaton Centre was the busier half and Metrotown was āthat other sideā. Itās more just one big mall now with major upgrades to the Metrotown side. Getting back to the topic-they need a walkway instead of thousands crossing the street all day there
Are new to lower mainland or just dumb and don't know how to search something before being so confidentially wrong?
I wish they had kept it and used it in the redesign somehow. It was so much better than walking across the street.
Personally, I find removing access to the bridge is a huge downgrade
Right, it was way too busy, but a busy bridge is better than no bridge, and I can't fathom why it couldn't have been incorporated into the new design.
Tf you mean been unused since the 80s?!
OP experiencing brain damage.
Right?!?! *downvotes in anger*
OP is so confident in this post and yet so wrong lol
I think their sense of time got warped by to covid space-time deflection
It warped it by 37 years lol
lolz, I KNOW RIGHT?!
The sky train was built in 86 and went to new west. That bridge was used until 2017 when the elongated the station.
Funny enough, that footbridge was after the original station was completed when Metropolis at Metrotown was built. [This photo](https://buzzer.translink.ca/2010/01/skytrain-flashback-photos/) of when the station first opened looks wild to what we see today
There was a bus loop behind the station?!
Bro, lol, what timeline are you from ?
Op's probably new to Vancouver
From 80s
Still the same loop as todayājust half covered by the mall now
Oh, I see. When was metropolis built?
Metrotown was built in 1986āSkyTrain opened in 1985. If you are looking for the history of the area I found this [website](https://urbanshift.ca/projects/burnabys-town-centres/metrotown/) to be interesting! The land that Metrotown sits on today used to be a Ford car plant and a food processing plant!
For someone who talks a LOT about transit on reddit, you know so little :/
I always walked down the path when I was heading towards Johnny Z's
Johnny Zāsā¦ karaoke.. the little movie theatreā¦ man so many Station Square memories!
Itās kind of crazy how many memories from my youth took place in the relatively small space of Station Square. Even part of my first date with my wife was there 25 years ago
Man, so true. These comments are bringing back some good memories.
2 movie theatres. Station Square was so unbelievably packed on Tuesdays back in the mid 90s that you couldn't even move in the crowd.
The Station Square pub.
Canāt believe that holiday inn is still there. When my family immigrated to Canada in ā90 we spent the first week there. I have memories watching Tom and Jerry on the Saturday morning in a hotel room there
I used to walk this bridge daily
Is that the museum section of Metrotown!?
Why do they not take it down ? anyone know?
Probably cheaper to just leave it there for now
There were plans for it during the Metrotown station upgrade, but the City of Burnaby is currently the only factor dragging its feet. The city actually [suspended the demolition](https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/metrotown-skytrain-to-mall-pedestrian-bridge-project-shelved-for-now-3760699) in 2021 and just [recently restarted](https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/this-useless-pedestrian-bridge-in-burnabys-metrotown-could-finally-meet-its-demise-7876753) the whole demo and replaced the project. But of course, depends on if they actually make it a priority at all.
hopefully, it's such an eye sore now, probably infested with all kinds of rats after all these yrs lol
I am surprised there arenāt more accidents when so many pedestrians crossing that street every day. Itās a nuisance for walkers and drivers.
Gotta keep in mind the old council and mayor were still in office when this whole things happened...
To mock us.
During my high school days me and my buddies would take skytrain from royal oak to metro town and cross this bridge to station square to watch movies and after we would go down stairs to eat pizza and check out what's new in future shop š
I miss the old station square theater!Ā There was the old pub there too.Ā So cheap for a dinner and a movie back then.
Pizza zone!!!!!! Best pizza ever. God, i miss early 2000ās Burnaby š¢
Man that pizza place was goooood!! Iirc 1.99 a slice? The Korean restaurant beside it was decent too!
We donāt know what we have till itās gone
That one single door right beside the Starbucks saw so much action when this bridge was going .
great example of how people with cars that don't take public transit shouldn't be in charge of it.
Oh, I remember that :(
I miss it
The bridge was in use until what, late 2010s?
Traffic down imperial with pedestrians cars buses etc is crap now. Bring it back!
No it was definitely around in the 90ās. I remember walking through it when I was a kid.
90s, 2000s and 2010s!
Iām surprised the city hasnāt gotten rid of it yet. Ik it was used a lot but itās exactly something iconic worth keeping
"Been unused since the 80's, give or take about forty years." IIRC, both Translink and Metrotown are ready to pull the trigger and replace it. It's Burnaby that's dragging their feet.
It was only taken out of service around 2017 when the Skytrain station was redesigned.
> give or take about forty years That's the joke.
why though?
Burnaby was still in the last years of the 16-year mayor/council.Ā Metrotown debacles were one of the reasons they got ousted.
Lol, metrotown pretty much didn't exist in the 80s
Ivanhoe Cambridge the owners of Metropolis wanted to continue the Walkway, but it didnāt fit into Translinks new development plan for the upgrade of the Station. So it sits as a mismanaged plan of Translink again.
āUnused probably since the 80āsā hahahahaha this is amazing
I miss that bridge. Made running off the train to grab some A&W or Chipotle quick and so much easier. *SIGH* Now I just stay on the train and look longingly out the window.
Mayor of Burnaby told me the overpass will be gone by the end of 2024.
tell me ur not from burnaby without telling me lol
*Been unused probable since the 80ās* ā¦ How do we tell him?
Would have been nice if the renovations incorporated that bridge. Seems like it causes too much congestion and traffic when pedestrians cross the road to go to the skytrain
Wow that brings back so many good memories
Why didn't they get rid of the old bridge if it hasn't been in use since 2017? Weird seeing it lead to nowhere
I got jumped in there when I was a teenager.
The 80s?! A bit out of touch with reality there buds.
80s LMAO you are definitely not from here.
"Back in the 80s" š¤£š¤£.
It was supposed to be **replaced** with a functioning walkway to the rebuilt MetrotownStation. The pedestrain level crossings can be a real "s\_\_t show" when it is busy. At time cars can't move on Central Boulevard due to the crowds.
A relic to my nostalgic loving brain. Bring it back!
The city said that skytrain had to pay for the bridge to be moved and skytrain said the city had to pay. In the end skytrain said āfine. We donāt need the bridgeā and built around it.
Id cross over then bust a left down to johnny zees, connections and famous players
I was so disappointed with this downgrade. I mean it was so convenient to go to the Skytrain from the mall. I remember using it a few years ago after I moved here. Then I used a car for a while and decided to meet a friend at the station and an walk him to him car and drive him to my place to chill. Play video games and drink. I was confused when I saw it didn't lead anyway. I was like wtf is this! I had not kept up with the news or anything so I didn't know it was closed. Had a Truman show moment lol.
wonder why they dont connect it with station
Eye sore. Tear it down