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A team of workers guide the first concrete section of a 130-foot-long concrete culvert that will run underneath SR 520 in Bellevue. The 500-ton crane used lift the piece is one of the largest in the region and takes six hours to set up.
Crews quickly carved a 30-foot-deep trench across all lanes of SR 520 west of Bellevue Way Northeast. The new, larger culvert will improve fish migration and is the first of eight culverts crossing SR 520 that will be installed between Medina and Bellevue during the next three years.
Construction cranes tower over the Grays Harbor casting basin where we're building the pontoons that will support the worlds longest floating bridge.
August 9, 2012 -- The top of a shaft anchor peeks above the template in Lake Washington near Madison Park. Once the anchors are tested they will be cut off to just above the "mudline".
Shaft anchors are installed in shallow areas of Lake Washington, near the navigation channels.
SR 520 Project Director Julie Meredith and Secretary of Transporation Paula Hammond view the pontoon construction site in Aberdeen.
Washington's Secretary of Transporation Paula Hammond, construction management consultant John Reilly and WSDOT's primary pontoon engineer Dave Ziegler on the gate between the casting basin and Grays Harbor.
Crews drive section of sheet pile 55 feet into the Earth at the SR 520 Pontoon Construction Project site to create a wall that will span 300 feet in length. Once complete, the temporary wall will create a water barrier that will allow Kiewit-General to build the permanent gate that will serve as the opening from the casting basin to the Grays Harbor.
All of the framing and scaffolding used to construct this pontoon will be removed and packed into storage containers so we can reuse it when we build more pontoons. The storage containers will all be lifted out of the casting basin before we float the pontoons out into Grays Harbor.
You could put a football field in here. This is where we're building one of the pontoons for a new floating bridge across Lake Washington:
Bulldozers and dump trucks build the berm on the southwest corner of the SR 520 Pontoon Construction site.
When the pontoons are complete, we'll flood the casting basin and float the pontoons out into Grays Harbor. When we start pumping the water out of the basin we'll be trapping fish here. We're expecting an interesting catch!
A web cam at the SR 520 Pontoon Construction site provides viewers daily glimpses of the work in Aberdeen.
Bulldozers and dump trucks continue to build the berm on the southwest corner of the SR 520 Pontoon Construction site.
Tugboats Mudcat and Harry M steer the pontoons into the Blair Waterway, where they will be temporarily moored and inspected over the next week. This marks a major milestone for replacing the aging SR 520 floating bridge on Lake Washington.
In July 2012, the SR 520 Floating Bridge and Landings Project floated out the first set of pontoons for the floating bridge replacement.
This is an exterior wall for a casting form that will be used to build one of the pontoons for a new SR520 bridge across Lake Washington:
These are the cables that control operations on one of the construction cranes in Aberdeen, Washington.
These 75-foot-long piles will driven, cut, welded together to form 150 piles, and driven approximately 125 feet deep at the site and provide the foundation for the Pontoon casting basin.
A welder fuses steel rebar in the keel of a new SR 520 bridge pontoon. Photo taken June 20, 2013.
Construction crews are underway on the third cycle of SR 520 bridge pontoons in Aberdeen. In this cycle, crews will build six total pontoons:
• Four longitudinal pontoons (360 ft. x 75 ft. x 29 ft.)
• Two supplemental stability pontoons (98 ft. x 60 ft. x 28 ft.)
Bulldozers and dump trucks continue to build the berm on the southwest corner of the SR 520 Pontoon Construction site.
We went to Swan Lake to check out the new floating bridge but no joy. It's not yet been installed. Lots of smoke from Vancouver Island forest fires. The algae bloom is so thick one could walk on water -- although, I didn't try it.
A temporary sheet pile wall rises at the SR 520 Pontoon Construction Project site to create a wall that will span 300 feet in length. Once complete, the temporary wall will create a water barrier that will allow Kiewit-General to build the permanent gate that will serve as the opening from the casting basin to Grays Harbor.
A specially designed T-pontoon is connected to the pair of pontoons. It is then filled with air to increase buoyancy and help float the pontoons out of the basin.
In July 2012, the SR 520 Floating Bridge and Landings Project floated out the first set of pontoons for the floating bridge replacement.
New Zaryadye park in Moscow with fantastic views at all directions. Video from morning 2017.09.11. Shot on iPhone SE with Dji Osmo Mobile. 4K version here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov8RPsI23lc
Two of the thee sections for the gate to the casting basin have been installed. This gate is the barrier between the casting basin and Grays Harbor. The gate will be opened to let the new pontoons float out.
The worker standing in the lower right corner gives you some sense of the scale. The gate sections are 110 feet long, 10 feet tall and 10 feet thick, they each weigh 50 tons.
On the 26th July I made my way to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight by coach trip. The day was in the heat wave we had during July 2018 and was very hot and humid. The trip over by Red Funnel Ferries was great, their ferries are very comfortable and much larger than the ones at Lymington, no criticism intended. Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a summer home and rural retreat. Prince Albert designed the house himself in the style of an Italian Renaissance palazzo. The builder was Thomas Cubitt, the London architect and builder whose company built the main facade of Buckingham Palace for the royal couple in 1847. An earlier smaller house on the site was demolished to make way for a new and far larger house, though the original entrance portico survives as the main gateway to the walled garden.
Queen Victoria died at Osborne House in January 1901. Following her death, the house became surplus to royal requirements and was given to the state, with a few rooms being retained as a private museum to Queen Victoria. From 1903 until 1921 it was used as a junior officer training college for the Royal Navy, known as the Royal Naval College, Osborne. In 1998 training programmes consolidated at the Britannia Royal Naval College which is now at Dartmouth, thus vacating Osborne House. The House now under the watchful eye of English Heritage is now open to the public for tours.
In 1903, the new stable block became a junior officer training college for the Royal Navy known as the Royal Naval College, Osborne. Initial training began at about the age of 13, and after two years studies were continued at the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. The college closed in 1921, with the last students leaving on 9 April 1921. The traditions of Osborne helped inspire the operations of the Nautical College Pangbourne, after its founding in 1917. The NCP has now become Pangbourne College, but its students continue the tradition of wearing naval uniform, and maintaining certain naval traditions.
One of the buildings called Swiss Cottage in the grounds, here you will find inside, the story of the life of a Victorian royal child. Thanks to funding from donors including the Heritage Lottery Fund, vivid new displays, a garden trail and a new play area enable families to experience for themselves how the children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert played and learnt in this unique and special place. Osborne House is famous for its selection of formal gardens containing rare and unusual plants, and there is also plenty of space to run around. Enjoy the formal walled gardens, visit the sheltered the Walled garden, admire the view the Solent from the Palm Terrace or visit the charming gardens which surround the miniature Swiss Chalet. As well as a stunning array of plants, rare red squirrels can be spotted amongst the trees. Gravel, tarmac and concrete provide access for all abilities. Benches and rest points are dotted throughout the grounds.
The organisers of the London Capital & Finance were holding an event day on the 25th and 26th July 2018. This meant many parts of the gardens could not be visited on these two days having been reserved for the visitors to these trials. Osborne Horse Trials hope to attract a new audience to the sport and to the Isle of Wight with this easy to follow two day eventing format. Horses will perform dressage and show jumping on the House lawns, before setting out across the estate parkland. Each phase will finish before the next commences, enabling spectators to see 70% of the action from one spot. Both days will feature two classes at open intermediate level with a Grand Prix class and three further categories tailored to either top level or less experienced horses. Pictures can be taken inside the house but not using flash. However Videos cannot be made while in the house itself.
Cowes Floating Bridge seems to have had lots of problems since it was introduced to East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. But hopefully now its working as it should.
Aberdeen is well-known for its wet winters and crews are working hard to dewater the site by constructing wells with PVC pipe (background).
As a photographer, one of the best things about having a photoblog is that it provides a way for you to experiment with different photography and post-processing techniques. It also acts almost like a journal of your photographic knowledge allowing you to look back through your images and show you how you’re photography has evolved. Talking about evolving your photography, if you are interested in night (and blue hour) photography I will be running a photography workshop at Gulf Photo Plus on October 6.
Today’s shot is exactly one of those images with which I was really not sure what to do. It’s interesting enough to not just throw it away, but on the other hand because that morning was not one of the clearest in Dubai, it’s also slightly murky. So I’ve decided to play a bit with the post-processing, going for a slight tilt-shift to try and emphasize the foreground while throwing the background out-of-focus. As always, if you want to see the original (straight out of the camera) shot just roll-over the image.
In terms of the actual place, this was taken from the top of one the buildings on the Dubai Creek and it shows all the bridges running across the creek – from foreground to background – Maktoum Bridge (only slightly visible at the bottom right), Floating Bridge, Garhoud Bridge and in the far distance, Business Bay Bridge. The amazing thing is that when I moved to the Middle East eleven years ago, the only bridge that was there in its current form was the Maktoum Bridge. All the other ones are either new or have been re-built.
To view the original shot (straight from the camera) visit the blog entry here: www.momentaryawe.com/blog/?p=3653
Crews use a large crane to remove a walkway section from the top of the SR 520 pontoon casting basin gate. Once the walkway and gate is removed, and the tide waters get high enough, crews will tow six pontoons from the basin into the Grays Harbor. Photo taken April 28, 2013.
Progress continues on the SR 520 Pontoon Construction Project, as the second cycle of new pontoons left the Aberdeen casting basin overnight April 28 and 29, 2013. The late-night timing coincided with the favorable high tide needed for float-out.
In the second cycle, crews built three longitudinal pontoons, two supplemental stability pontoons and one cross pontoon. The 360-foot-long longitudinal pontoons are the backbone of the new SR 520 floating bridge being built on Lake Washington; the supplemental pontoons provide stability and flotation, and the cross pontoons cap the bridge on the east and west ends. Crews will build a total of six cycles of new pontoons in Aberdeen.
This is inside one of the casting forms for a pontoons that will support a new floating bridge across Lake Washington. Showing the scale of this project in a photo is challenging, but there's room to play football inside these walls:
Crews prepare a level bed for large concrete culvert pieces even as excavators complete a trench across SR 520.
The trench crosses all lanes of SR 520 west of Bellevue Way Northeast and will contain a new, larger culvert that will improve fish migration. This is the first of eight culverts crossing SR 520 that will be installed between Medina and Bellevue during the next three years.
Port Moody, BC Canada
Sasamat Lake Trail:
The trail wraps around the lake so you can choose what area you would like to begin your walk. However, from White Pine Beach area as you walk down the short hill towards the beach, the lake comes into full view giving a sense of the entire area and the distance around the lake. Go right towards the end of the beach area where the paved trail turns to gravel and heads into the forest.
For the first section the well maintained trail hugs the shoreline offering occasional glimpses of the lake from different angles. As you continue, the trails goes up a set of wooden stairs and merges with the gravel road above. Follow this road to the left towards the Sasamat Outdoor Club, a facility that offers many outdoor programs for community groups and local schools within the Belcarra Park area.
Cross the driveway and walk down the steps as the trail continues toward Bedwell Bay Road. After crossing a bridge over a small stream, the trail reaches a junction. Walking right takes you to Woodhaven Swamp and going left will continue along the trail that circles the lake.
Go right as the trail follows Bedwell Bay Road for a short distance before going up a set of wooden stairs to the road. Carefully cross the road to the sign on the other side and continue up the trail between the two residential houses. The trail is well maintained and easy to follow through the second-generation of Douglas Fir and Western Cedar trees.
After hiking for 2km, the trail arrives at another small road with the Woodhaven Swamp partially visible between the trees on the other side. Cross the road and continue along the trail to a sign on the left. Walk down the steps and follow the path as it loops around the swamp area.
After enjoying the scenery, return to the road area and cross back to the trail that leads back down towards Sasamat Lake.
www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/sasamat-lake/
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A Hitachi 1200 digs ditches to ready the site for upcoming casting basin excavation. More than 260,000 cubic yards of material will be removed.
Casting basin foundation piles are driven 135 feet into the ground. To reach this depth, two 75-foot piles must be connected.
Secretary Peterson views the float-out of SR 520 pontoons in Aberdeen on April 28, 2013. She is joined by (left to right) Kiewet-General project director Phil Wallace, SR 520 program director Julie Meredith, and SR 520 pontoon project director Tom Baker.
Progress continues on the SR 520 Pontoon Construction Project, as the second cycle of new pontoons left the Aberdeen casting basin overnight April 28 and 29, 2013. The late-night timing coincided with the favorable high tide needed for float-out.
In the second cycle, crews built three longitudinal pontoons, two supplemental stability pontoons and one cross pontoon. The 360-foot-long longitudinal pontoons are the backbone of the new SR 520 floating bridge being built on Lake Washington; the supplemental pontoons provide stability and flotation, and the cross pontoons cap the bridge on the east and west ends. Crews will build a total of six cycles of new pontoons in Aberdeen.
A crew guides a huge culvert section into place.
The new concrete culvert passes beneath all lanes of SR 520 and will improve fish migration. It is the first of eight culverts crossing SR 520 that will be installed between Medina and Bellevue during the next three years.
After the first pair of pontoons are floated out of the basin, four remain. These pontoons will be floated out in pairs over the next couple of days, with the help of the high tides.
In July 2012, the SR 520 Floating Bridge and Landings Project floated out the first set of pontoons for the floating bridge replacement.