Lions Gate Bridge - Landmark

Landmark

  • The Lions Gate Bridge has become a landmark of Vancouver and the North Shore.
  • The bridge was featured on the first title card of CBC supper-hour newscast Canada Now, but it was replaced with a local image in several markets.
  • The bridge is often used in television broadcasts as a symbol of Vancouver; most telecasts of NHL hockey games played in Vancouver show the bridge at least once.
  • The bridge is the namesake of locally-founded film company Lionsgate.
  • The bridge was featured in a short sequence of the film Drawing Flies.
  • The bridge was featured in the closing sequence of the film Tron: Legacy, released December 17, 2010.
  • The Lions Gate Bridge was again featured as the set of 2011 film Final Destination 5 released August 12, 2011.
  • The bridge was featured in the closing credits of Da Vinci's Inquest.

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