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The new Runcorn side MSS Webster moves into its first casting position between piers 18 and 19 today. The MSS will construct the main southern approach elevated viaduct road deck across the Manchester Ship Canal and down to the main bridge
I have a good idea. Let's build a bridge and route a ton of truck traffic right next to Hoover Forest Preserve so all the wildlife we are protecting can learn to dodge traffic.
Central bridge pylon and form traveller (Blue) under construction....Please note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected.
Cold blustery day across the Mersey Gateway Project along with a very high tide, Form travellers moving apart as each new road deck section is cast, Four stay cables in place..........Please. note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected
This design visualization shows the final design of the a new I-5 and Steilacoom-DuPont Road interchange at exit 119 in Pierce County. The design of the new bridge structure includes a half diverging diamond interchange with barrier protected pedestrian access. The new overpass will take travelers over the railroad and eliminate the existing at-grade railroad crossing. Work on the project is expected to begin August 2023.
Project webpage is linked here: wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/search-projects/i-5-mo...
(Red) MSS Trinity in its final viaduct casting position on the river bank.(View across Spike Island Widnes)..
View from Wigg Island to the Mersey Gateway Bridge under construction across the River Mersey between Widnes and Runcorn.............Please note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected .
Northern pylon (Widnes side) .........Please note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected .
The northern approach viaduct with MSS Trintiy and the northern pylon and Rubrica Engineering Form Traveller.
The new bridge will be the largest and longest main span river crossing in Western Canada; the second longest (by mere metres) in North America and the 29th longest in the world.
The final section of northern approach viaduct cast by MSS Trinity, MSS Trinity now moved back along viaduct for dismantling....Note the Stay Cable anchor point (Top right) the Stay Cable from this anchor point will connect to the top of the northern pylon.........Please note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected . .
Construction on I-5 across the Puyallup River in Fife and Tacoma is wrapping up. This photo compilation looks at the evolution of the bridges. The original bridge structures, built in the 1960s, is on the left with the aerial photo dated 2007.
The center photo shows the new northbound I-5 Puyallup River Bridge, which was finished in 2018. The photo on the right shows the new northbound and southbound I-5 Puyallup River Bridge. The old alignment is seen to the right of the new bridge structure. The new HOV lanes will open across the bridge by Aug. 31.
(Runcorn side) The 15th stay cable (Far right) being installed on the southern pylon today...........Please. note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected .
This aerial photo shows progress being made on the new southbound I-5 Puyallup River Bridge in Tacoma. In early 2021, crews will install the final 30 bridge girders to complete the backbone of structure. wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I5/PortlandToPortSB/default.htm
Contractor crews are building the center bridge pier for the new East L Street bridge that spans I-5 in Tacoma. This work is part of the I-5 Portland Avenue to Port of Tacoma Road Southbound HOV project that widens I-5 for HOV lanes and replaces and rebuilds a new southbound I-5 Puyallup River Bridge.
Night two of girder setting for the East L Street brought a full closure of northbound I-5 and East 28th Street. This gave crews room to stage equipment and carefully place 5 girders.
Work began on the new I-70 tunnel in 1963. The tunnel was dedicated on December 12, 1966 and opened to traffic in early 1967.
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Southern Pylon form traveller raised to deck level today.....Please note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected
The Mersey Gateway Southern Pylon illuminated by late afternoon sunshine,The main road deck growing as the Rubrica Engineering Form Travellers cast each six meter section of deck along with its Stay Cable anchor point, Six Stay Cables installed so far, The southern pylon will have a total of 62 Stay Cables when completed, Tide slowly rolling in .................Please. note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected . .
Installation of the first Delta frame (First main bridge deck support cable anchor point) on the southern pylon.......Please note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected
One lane only. Drive on the tracks!
The arch in this bridge is a more advanced type of construction called a Burr truss.
it was named for the inventor who was a famous 19th century bridge builder.
It is combined with and supplements kingpost construction and provides greater stability.
To learn more, follow these links:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_Truss
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Burr
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truss#King_post_truss
Why were covered bridges built?
www.fredbecker.org/News Letter/HistoryCoveredBr.htm
(Runcorn side) The main road deck growing as the Rubrica Engineering Form Travellers cast each six meter section of deck along with its Stay Cable anchor point, Seven Stay Cables installed so far on the southern pylon, The southern pylon will have a total of 62 Stay Cables when completed.................Please. note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected . .
After serving West Coast travelers for more than 40 years, the old Interstate 5 bridges over the Willamette River in Eugene/Springfield began to show age. The bridges were demolished in 2010 as shown in this picture and replaced with new bridges that opened to traffic in Aug. 2013.
The (Green) Rubrica Bridges Wing Traveller being assembled on the first section of elevated viaduct above P19 (Astmoor Runcorn) The Wing Traveller will cast the outer road deck sections of the southern approach viaduct following the (Red) MSS Webster down to the main bridge ..............Please note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected .
This is a real sign overlooking the 35W bridge construction. Complete Superstructure Erection. Think it will be hard enough?
Design-build contractor Atkinson Construction is getting ready to open this fall two new overpasses at Thorne Lane. The two new overpasses will replace the existing one. Project web page is linked here:
wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I5/steilacoomdupontrdtothornelnimpr...
Crews use a crane to demolish the old Interstate 84 bridge over the Sandy River near Troutdale, Ore. Construction on the new bridge began early in summer 2010 and is expected to continue until fall 2014.
This photo shows the pier shaft construction that has been ongoing adjacent to 20th Street East in Fife for the new southbound I-5 Puyallup River Bridge. Construction crews needed to close 20th Street temporarily so they could mobilize and place equipment for bridge pier construction. Project information can be found here: www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I5/PortlandToPortSB/default.htm
View north across the Mersey Gateway Bridge construction site from Wigg Island Runcorn............Please note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected .
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A photograph I captured during the Vivid Sydney 2016 festival (hence the colored lights) of the large nuts and bolts at the Millers Point (southern end) under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The size of the nuts, bolts in the foregound are about the size of a man's hand.For more explanation, please feel free to read the information below.
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Work first began on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1924, with construction of the bridge approaches and the approach spans. As many as 800 families living in its path were displaced without compensation.
During this time the foundations on either side of the harbour were prepared to take four steel thrust bearings.
The Bridge structure is supported on four horizontal, cylindrical forged steel pins in the main bearings, one at each end of the two arches. This allows the movement in the arch caused by temperature variations and dynamic loading to be accounted for. The arch may rise up to 180 mm due to heating during the day and cooling at night.
The foundations, which are 12 metres (39 feet) deep, are set in sandstone. Anchoring tunnels are 36 metres (118 feet) long and dug into the bedrock at each end. Large bolts and nuts are used to tie the thrust bearings onto their supports.
It is interesting to note that the four pylons are actually placed mainly for aesthetic reasons on each corner of the bridge. The pylons are about 90 metres above the average water level. The Sydney Harbour Bridge design had to perform functionally and be pleasing to the eye as well. The pylons are made of concrete that is covered by grey granite from Moruya on the south coast of New South Wales.
When the bridge was constructed the use of reinforced concrete was in its infancy. Today the Harbour Bridge ranks second or third in the world in terms of span but it is still considered to be the greatest of its type in the world because of its load bearing capacity and width of nearly 50 metres.
Known locally as the 'coat hanger' and now more commonly as 'the bridge', the bridge was manufactured in sections on a site on the western side of Milsons Point. About eighty percent of the steel came from England while the remaining twenty percent was manufactured here in Australia. The construction of the arch was begun from both sides of the harbour with cable support for the arches. In 1930 the two arches met. The construction of the deck then proceeded from the middle outwards towards each shore as this was easier than moving the construction cranes back to the Pylons.
In 1932, when the Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened, it was the longest single span steel arch bridge in the world. The main span is 503 meters (1,650 feet) across it consumed more than 52,800 tonnes of silicon based steel trusses. The plates of steel are held together by around 6 million steel rivets. It originally carried road transport, trains and pedestrians. From start to finish, the bridge and its approaches it took eight years to complete. This included a period of maintenance that extended for a six months after the opening. Maintenance after the completion became and still is, the responsibility of the New South Wales State Government.
A foggy, rainy Monday morning in early December reveals the backbone of the newly rebuilt East L Street bridge in Tacoma. Guy F. Atkinson Construction crews closed Interstate 5 for three nights to install the girders Dec. 2-4.
The Mersey Gateway Southern Pylon illuminated by late afternoon sunshine,The main road deck growing as the Rubrica Engineering Form Travellers cast each six meter section of deck along with its Stay Cable anchor point, Six Stay Cables installed so far, The southern pylon will have a total of 62 Stay Cables when completed................Please. note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected . ..
MSS Webster casting its penultimate southern approach viaduct section today................Please note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected.
Photo update....The Mersey Gateway Project South Pylon Hammerhead (Runcorn side)........Please note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected
Cannot decide whether colour or black and white best suits this image. Black and white rendering helps to reduce the business of the construction scene. This is part of the on-going construction of Nazarbayev University, highlighting different working practises and approaches to completing the build.
During the overnight hours of Thursday, Dec. 6, design-builder Skanska successfully placed a precast crossbeam on a bridge pier that will eventually carry an HOV lane from northbound I-5 to westbound SR 16. The crossbeam weighed approximately 235,000 pounds. To do the work , crews closed the eastbound SR 16 ramp to northbound I-5. This photo shows crews carefully lowering the crossbeam into place.
View of the northern pylon and expanding road deck from Spike Island Widnes, Casting in progress on the Rubrica Form Traveller (Right) ..........Please. note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected .
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Aerial photograph. Boat and its wake on the Rideau River. Near the under-construction Strandherd-Armstrong bridge and Claudette Cain Park.
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One of my photographs of the Fullers Bridge spanning the Lane Cove River, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with its concrete pillars reflecting on the green water.
The Fullers Bridge, officially called the Fullers Creek Bridge, a concrete beam bridge that spans the Lane Cove River, is located northwest of the central business district of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.
Fullers Bridge crosses the Lane Cove River in suburban Sydney, Australia. The main road from Chatswood to North Ryde, crosses the bridge. It was built in 1918.
The main entrance to Lane Cove National Park, a very popular park for locals and tourists, is located adjacent to Fullers Bridge.
Fullers Bridge is named after the Fuller family which operated a farm on the small area of agriculturally usable land which existed on the river banks at that location, in the late 19th century.
Up until the early 1960s a kiosk and general store existed on the northern side of the bridge, and was accessible from both sides of the river by the northern pedestrian footbridge.
Fullers bridge played a part in a famous Australian mystery, with the bodies of Dr Gilbert Bogle and Mrs Margaret Chandler being discovered on the banks of the Lane Cove River, 70 metres south of the bridge, on 1 January 1963.
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Perfect afternoon, light winds sunshine and just on slack water at high tide, the Mersey Gateway Bridge under construction over the River Mersey between Widnes and Runcorn. (Southern pylon Rubrica Engineering Form Traveller).........Please note ALL pictures on this Photostream are Copyright Protected