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Aliens preparing for landing? ;-)
A single sunray hitting the observation platform overseeing the A4 highway construction works at Midden Delfland, Netherlands.
Lots to see in this spring 1969 view at St. Louis Union Station! J. David Ingles photo, Brian M. Schmidt collection
Adding a support beam to the new exit ramp construction of I-44, I-235 expansion project in Oklahoma City.
The former Ministry of Highway Construction of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, by the architects George Chakhava and Zurab Jalaghania and the engineer Temur Tkhilava (1975).
Curiously, George Chakhava was also the Georgian Minister of Highways so he was both the customer and the architect. Left abandoned for a while after the fall of the Soviet Union, it now hosts the headquarters of the Bank of Georgia.
Among the several influences that led to this building I just want to mention the horizontal skyscrapers planned by the Soviet and constructivist artist/architect El Lissitzky in the 1920s.
Tbilisi, Georgia.
Interstate 35W (I-35W) is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Minnesota, passing through downtown Minneapolis. It is one of two through routes for I-35 through the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the other being I-35E through downtown Saint Paul.
Traveling north, I-35 splits at Burnsville, and the I-35W route runs north for 41 miles (66,000 m), carrying its own separate sequence of exit numbers. It runs through the city of Minneapolis before rejoining with I-35E to reform I-35 in Columbus near Forest Lake. I-35W supplanted sections of old U.S. Highway 8 (US 8) northeast of Minneapolis and old US 65 south of Minneapolis that have since been removed from the United States Numbered Highway System.
During the early years of the Interstate Highway System, branching Interstates with directional suffixes such as N, S, E, and W were common nationwide. On every other Interstate nationwide, these directional suffixes have been phased out by redesignating the suffixed route numbers with a loop or spur route number designation. In the case of I-35 in the Twin Cities area, since neither branch is clearly the main route and both branches return to a unified Interstate beyond the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, officials at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) have allowed the suffixes of E and W in Minnesota to remain in the present day. I-35 also splits into I-35E and I-35W in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, for similar reasons as the I-35 split in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_35W_(Minnesota)
So back in March I took a wander along part of the new 4.5 mile (7.5km) Lincoln eastern bypass. Taken more as a record of what it first looked like and possibly viewed with a slight abstract view...
Taken with Hasselblad 501cm and 80mm Planar f2.8 *t CB lens, on Kodak Ektar 100 and processed over in Birmingham with AG PhotoLab (highly recommend). Once I got the developed films back, digitised on Epson v550 and SilverFast®8 (SE) software at 3200ppi....
Ein Meer aus Teer
aus Splitt der Sand
die Reflektion ein Leuchtturm...
das ist der Arbeiter am Rand,
durch den diese Szenerie entstand.
a mare of tar
from stone chipps the sand
in reflection the lighthouse...
that is the worker on the side
by makes comlete
my eyes can see
my camera makes click
this is the harbor trick
During a series of lane closures on Ten Mile Road near Four Mile Creek, contractor crews will build a more stable access point to the mitigation area. This project, near SR 539, will prepare the area for two highway improvement projects scheduled to happen within the next few years in Whatcom County.
Expropriated farm along highway 2 in Courtice Ontario.A large number of homes and businesses here were demolished for highway 418 construction,it is a north south link to the second phase of highway 407 east.
Exposure: 120 seconds, f/5.6 ISO 100
Camera: Mamiya 645J with a Mamiya Sekor-C 45mm f/2.8
Film: Kodak E100VS (scan of transparency)
Date: 2 February 2007
Location: RT-195 Highway relocation Project, Providence, RI
Notes:
I wasn't a big fan of E100VS with sodium lighting around (I like it under pure moonlight) as it ended up with an odd orange-green cast on me in the past. But I had a roll half-exposed in the camera already so I shot it and I'm pretty excited about the results - maybe it is because the bridge was already green. The chromes look way better than the low-rez lab-scans but I have my eye on a medium/large format scanner so hopefully it won't be an issue soon.
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It wasn’t the coldest night out for us (that was Ashton Mills) but with the temperature around 20 degrees and the gusty winds bringing about a wind chill of 1 degree, it was a tough 5 hours out under the moon.
We were back at an ongoing project documenting the urban changes being made to the downtown area of Providence with the relocation of the RT-195/RT95 interchange that will reconnect the Jewelry District with the downtown.
The nightshift crew this time out: judyboy, skazama, rizzolo, rtlm401 and upsilon_48.
You can see a group pool here of all our shots on Flickr from the night or a slick slideshow here. It may take a week or so for all the shots to be posted.
Exposure: 133 seconds, f/5.6, ISO 200
Date: 3 February 2007, 7:50pm
Location: I-195 relocation/construction site, Providence, RI
Notes:
It wasn’t the coldest night out for us (that was Ashton Mills) but with the temperature around 20 degrees and the gusty winds bringing about a wind chill of 1 degree, it was a tough 5 hours out under the moon.
We were back at an ongoing project documenting the urban changes being made to the downtown area of Providence with the relocation of the RT-195/RT95 interchange that will reconnect the Jewelry District with the downtown.
The nightshift crew this time out: judyboy, skazama, rizzolo, rtlm401 and upsilon_48.
You can see a group pool here of all our shots on Flickr from the night or a slick slideshow here. It may take a week or so for all the shots to be posted.
Exposure: 64 seconds, f/5.6, ISO 200
Date: 3 February 2007, 10:40pm
Location: I-195 relocation/construction site, Providence, RI
Notes:
It wasn’t the coldest night out for us (that was Ashton Mills) but with the temperature around 20 degrees and the gusty winds bringing about a wind chill of 1 degree, it was a tough 5 hours out under the moon.
We were back at an ongoing project documenting the urban changes being made to the downtown area of Providence with the relocation of the RT-195/RT95 interchange that will reconnect the Jewelry District with the downtown.
The nightshift crew this time out: judyboy, skazama, rizzolo, rtlm401 and upsilon_48.
You can see a group pool here of all our shots on Flickr from the night or a slick slideshow here. It may take a week or so for all the shots to be posted.
Known to local explorers as Baldwin's beauty this farmhouse in Brooklin was demolished for the highway 407 expansion.The siteis now been being used to house construction trailers and equipment.
What you see in this picture is Ontario Highway 417 looking east from the Terry Fox bridge. At the moment, this stretch of Highway from March/Eagleson Road to Palladium Drive is being widened from 4 lanes to 8, and then form Palladium to Highway 7 from 4 lanes to 6. To the left is the Kanata Centrum shopping Centre. Taken with a borrowed D3000 and Tokina 12-24 from school.
Made by merging 4 exposures all taken at 12mm:
30 seconds ISO100 F/7.1
30 seconds ISO400 F/14
30 seconds ISO400 F/10
30 seconds ISO400 F/10
One of the many amazing discoveries of the past in Brooklin.This was buried in thick trees back on a farm and was uncovered when clearing for the 407 connector road began in March 2013.
The eastern point of highway 407 in Greenwood Ontario 2015.The 407 merges with 7 to the right,and the future highway can be seen behind what is now the highway 7 overpass.
So back in March I took a wander along part of the new 4.5 mile (7.5km) Lincoln eastern bypass. Taken more as a record of what it first looked like and possibly viewed with a slight abstract view...
Taken with Hasselblad 501cm and 80mm Planar f2.8 *t CB lens, on Kodak Ektar 100 and processed over in Birmingham with AG PhotoLab (highly recommend). Once I got the developed films back, digitised on Epson v550 and SilverFast®8 (SE) software at 3200ppi....
A designated heritage home abandoned for over a decade and buried in deep brush was uncovered during Highway 407 Construction in Kendron Ontario.
Shelbyville, IN. September 12, 2021. Shot on a Nikon F6 and Kodak Portra 160. Developed and scanned by The Darkroom. Metadata added using Meta35.
Exposure: 116 seconds, f/5.6, ISO 200
Date: 4 February 2007, 12:24am
Location: I-195 relocation/construction site, Providence, RI
Notes:
It wasn’t the coldest night out for us (that was Ashton Mills) but with the temperature around 20 degrees and the gusty winds bringing about a wind chill of 1 degree, it was a tough 5 hours out under the moon.
We were back at an ongoing project documenting the urban changes being made to the downtown area of Providence with the relocation of the RT-195/RT95 interchange that will reconnect the Jewelry District with the downtown.
The nightshift crew this time out: judyboy, skazama, rizzolo, rtlm401 and upsilon_48.
You can see a group pool here of all our shots on Flickr from the night or a slick slideshow here. It may take a week or so for all the shots to be posted.
A page from a large trade handbook from c1932/33 that is difficult to handle and photograph so apologies for angles and flare. The book describes a wide range of machinery and tools used on road building and construction projects as well as maintenance equipment and street furniture.
Some well known names here in the world of road building and maintenance machinery and companies that, in 1932, were undergoing changes in ownership. The advert notes "Associated with AGE Ltd." and this stood for a holding company Agricultural & General Engineering formed in 1919 and that formed an umbrella for a number of similar concerns making road, construction and agriculatural machinery and that failed in 1932.
Aveling & Porter was a long established company, formed in Rochester, Kent, in the mid-Victorian period and who, through the founder Thomas Aveling, helped pioneer the use of steam locomotion in agricultural equipment especially through the construction of steam traction equipment and road rollers.
Barford & Perkins had started in business in 1840, based in Peterbrough, and under AGE ownership the business was transferred into Aveling & Porter's Rochester works were the 'marque' was used for 'rollers that utilised petrol or diesel engines so as to be complimentary to the steam driver Aveling models. In the collapse of AGE both companies were saved, with it appears some financial support from other industry players such as Listers, Ransom, Sims & Jefferies and Ruston & Hornsby. The new company moved to Grantham and by 1934 became known as Aveling-Barford. In 1967 they were acquired by British Leyland and in 1988 closed down.
As can be seen Aveling & Porter, and latetrly Aveling-Barford, used part of the Kent coat of arms as their badge or logo - "Invicta".
The second edition of the vast publication the "Municipal and Road Engineers' Standard Catalogue, 1929 - 1932" contains many hundreds of pages of adverts showing plant, appliances and supplies across a wide range of 'municipal' engineering such as road construction, lighting, refuse disposal, water supplies and sewerage and park equipment.
Exposure: 123 seconds, f/5.6, ISO 200
Date: 3 February 2007, 8:45pm
Location: I-195 relocation/construction site, Providence, RI
Notes:
It wasn’t the coldest night out for us (that was Ashton Mills) but with the temperature around 20 degrees and the gusty winds bringing about a wind chill of 1 degree, it was a tough 5 hours out under the moon.
We were back at an ongoing project documenting the urban changes being made to the downtown area of Providence with the relocation of the RT-195/RT95 interchange that will reconnect the Jewelry District with the downtown.
The nightshift crew this time out: judyboy, skazama, rizzolo, rtlm401 and upsilon_48.
You can see a group pool here of all our shots on Flickr from the night or a slick slideshow here. It may take a week or so for all the shots to be posted.
A page from a large trade handbook from c1932/33 that is difficult to handle and photograph so apologies for angles and flare. The book describes a wide range of machinery and tools used on road building and construction projects as well as maintenance equipment and street furniture.
Wallis & Steevens were based in Basingstoke and had their origins in 1856 when Wallis and Haslam set up the North Hants Ironworks - Mr Steevens joined as a partner and by 1869 they had become known as Wallis & Steevens. They made a wide range of agricultural machinery, traction engines and as seen here both steam and diesel engined road rollers. The comapny remained trading in Basingstoke, albeit with a move of premises in the 1960s, until they ceased trading in 1981.
The advert shows both steam and diesel engined road rollers, known as "the Advance", as well as smaller equipment that could be used for road surfaces including liquid tar sprayers and grit spreaders to cover tar with.
The second edition of the vast publication the "Municipal and Road Engineers' Standard Catalogue, 1929 - 1932" contains many hundreds of pages of adverts showing plant, appliances and supplies across a wide range of 'municipal' engineering such as road construction, lighting, refuse disposal, water supplies and sewerage and park equipment.
Building the road base for the widened alignment on Highway 4 at Kennedy Hill.
The wall on the right of the paved road is new and complete. The existing pavement will be resurfaced once the left side road base is complete.
So back in March I took a wander along part of the new 4.5 mile (7.5km) Lincoln eastern bypass. Taken more as a record of what it first looked like and possibly viewed with a slight abstract view...
Taken with Hasselblad 501cm and 80mm Planar f2.8 *t CB lens, on Kodak Ektar 100 and processed over in Birmingham with AG PhotoLab (highly recommend). Once I got the developed films back, digitised on Epson v550 and SilverFast®8 (SE) software at 3200ppi....
A Raymond diesel powered crane with a steam powered pile driver attached is seen at a downtown site for the construction of the South Crosstown Expressway in Tampa, Florida, 1974. This crane attracted my attention because it was using a steam operated pile driver attachment. Seen in the background is a diesel hydraulic shovel.