An 80-metre gap is all that separates the main bridge deck from the north ramp of B.C.'s Pattullo Bridge replacement. High above the Fraser River, construction crews work to connect the two sides, one rebar at a time.

The space may look vast, but engineer Wendy Itagawa says it's a relatively small section of the bridge's 1,200-metre length.

"We're getting really close now," said Itagawa, who is the executive director of the Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project. "We're installing the cables and the…