Lions Gate Bridge Traffic Cameras Live

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Six DriveBC cameras along the crossing: Georgia Street and the Stanley Park Causeway on the downtown side, the north end of the bridge, then Marine Drive and Taylor Way on the North Shore. Check the queue on your side before you leave.

Live cameras, south to north

Live DriveBC camera: Georgia Street at Chilco, looking south

Downtown sideGeorgia Street at ChilcoLooking south

Live DriveBC camera: Stanley Park Causeway at Stanley Park entrance, looking north

Downtown sideStanley Park CausewayLooking north

Live DriveBC camera: Lions Gate Bridge north end, looking south

On the bridgeBridge north endLooking south

Live DriveBC camera: Lions Gate Bridge north end, looking north

On the bridgeBridge north endLooking north

Live DriveBC camera: Marine Drive at Taylor Way, looking east toward Lions Gate Bridge

North Shore sideMarine Drive at Taylor WayLooking east toward Lions Gate Bridge

Live DriveBC camera: Taylor Way at Marine Drive, looking north on Taylor Way

North Shore sideTaylor Way at Marine DriveLooking north on Taylor Way

Live stills from DriveBC, the Province of British Columbia's highway cameras (Open Government Licence – British Columbia). They reload every two minutes while this page is open; if DriveBC does not answer on your network, you see our copy from the last five minutes. Tap a frame to open that camera on DriveBC.

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How the counterflow lane works

The bridge has three lanes, and the centre one changes direction with the rush hour. Overhead lane signals show which way it is running: a green arrow means the lane is open to you, a red X means it is not. As a rule the city-bound side gets two lanes in the morning peak and the North Shore side gets two lanes in the afternoon, but follow the signals, not the clock and not the car in front.

Reading the cameras

Leaving downtown (northbound): the queue builds back along the Causeway through Stanley Park and onto Georgia Street, so look at the first two frames.
Heading into the city (southbound): the queue forms on Marine Drive and down Taylor Way, the road in from the Upper Levels Highway; look at the last two.
On the bridge itself: there is little room for a stalled car to pull over, so one breakdown can slow both directions. If the north-end frames show stopped traffic, check road closures before you commit.
Weekend afternoons, traffic coming back from the Sea-to-Sky Highway and Horseshoe Bay often joins at Taylor Way.

If the bridge is jammed

Ironworkers Memorial Bridge (Highway 1) — the other road crossing of Burrard Inlet, further east. Its mid-span camera:

Live DriveBC camera: Highway 1 at mid-span on the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, looking south

The other crossingIronworkers Memorial BridgeLooking south

SeaBus — Waterfront Station to Lonsdale Quay across the harbour, no traffic at all. How it fits with SkyTrain and fares: Vancouver transit for visitors.
Going to Capilano or Grouse? See downtown to Capilano and Grouse for the ways across without your own car.
Driving on to Whistler or the ferries: Sea-to-Sky drive, BC Ferries.

Also useful before you leave

All BC highway cameras — Hwy 1, 99, Coquihalla
Driving in Vancouver — winter tires, phone and speed rules
Parking guide — Stanley Park and downtown
Border waits — Peace Arch / Pacific Highway

On the road around Vancouver