Multiple buses detoured as Granville Bridge remains blocked by demonstrators

UPDATE: 

The bridge has now reopened in both directions.

ORIGINAL STORY:

The Granville Street Bridge remains blocked by demonstrators hours after a march began through downtown Vancouver in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en.

The bridge is blocked in both directions as demonstrators line the bridge on either side, causing major traffic delays.

While no cars are able to gain access to the Granville Street Bridge, the alternative option of the Burrard Bridge remains slow.

#granvillebridge still closed to automobiles. #burrardbridge traffic at snails pace @DriveBC @cbcnewsbc pic.twitter.com/tFddm6xZEG

— Michael Robert Caditz (@MichaelCaditz) February 12, 2020

A hundred people are holding the Granville Bridge. #shutdowncanada #wetsuwetenstrong #alleyesonwetauweten #reconciliationisdead #whichsideareyouon pic.twitter.com/LQhjX1SbFV

— Red Braid Alliance for Decolonial Socialism (@stopdisplacemnt) February 12, 2020

Translink has taken to Twitter to share the multiple bus detours put in place because of the blockade.

#RiderAlert Update 1:55pm. 7 Nanaimo Station detour. Regular route to 5 & Hemlock, Hemlock, Broadway, Cambie, Smithe, Hamilton, Robson, Granville resume regular route due to march. ^kg

— TransLink BC (@TransLink) February 12, 2020

#RiderAlert Update 2:00pm. 4 Powell detour. Regular route to 5 & Hemlock, Hemlock, Broadway, Cambie, Smithe, Hamilton, Robson, Granville resume regular route due to march. ^kg

— TransLink BC (@TransLink) February 12, 2020

#RiderAlert Update 2:20pm 10 Downtown detour. Regular route to Granville & 10 Ave, 10 Ave, Fir, Broadway, Cambie, Hamilton, Robson Granville, Pender to Cambie (Omit Waterfront Station) due to march. ^kg

— TransLink BC (@TransLink) February 12, 2020

#RiderAlert Update 3:15PM 50 Waterfront Station detour. Regular route to Fir & 4, Burrard, Davie, Granville, resume regular route due to march. ^kg

— TransLink BC (@TransLink) February 12, 2020

#RiderAlert Update 3:15PM: 50 False Creek detour Regular route to Granville & Davie, Davie, Burrard, 4th, Fir, resume regular route due to march. ^kg

— TransLink BC (@TransLink) February 12, 2020

• See also:
  • Wet’suwet’en demonstrations shut down Granville Street Bridge
  • Cambie and Broadway intersection currently blocked by demonstrators
  • Multiple bus detours due to demonstration at Cambie and Broadway: TransLink