The evening rush hour slowed to a near-crawl for motorists on West Broadway between the cross streets of Burrard and Cambie—basically through the entire length of the Fairview neighbourhood.
Motorists who planned to turn north off West Broadway and onto South Granville—in order to cross the Granville Bridge—had to keep going straight, to the Burrard Bridge, if they were travelling west, or the Cambie Bridge, if they were traveling east.
The problem was a police incident on the Granville Bridge, which began some time between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
According to my friend Dustin, who was an eyewitness in the afternoo, a man could plainly be seen standing on the west side walkway of the south end of the bridge, just where the bridge begins to cross False Creek.
Dustin described the man as older and with a scruffy beard. The man had climbed over the railing and was standing on the outside edge of the walkway. He was holding onto the railing with one hand and leaning out over the water.
Motorists who planned to turn north off West Broadway and onto South Granville—in order to cross the Granville Bridge—had to keep going straight, to the Burrard Bridge, if they were travelling west, or the Cambie Bridge, if they were traveling east.
The problem was a police incident on the Granville Bridge, which began some time between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
According to my friend Dustin, who was an eyewitness in the afternoo, a man could plainly be seen standing on the west side walkway of the south end of the bridge, just where the bridge begins to cross False Creek.
Dustin described the man as older and with a scruffy beard. The man had climbed over the railing and was standing on the outside edge of the walkway. He was holding onto the railing with one hand and leaning out over the water.
