Building the New Bridge
The outline of the new bridge is
beginning to take shape. Daryl Axelson and Roger Hansen, cameras and
notebooks in hand, have been observing the construction process and
are providing us with a detailed account and timeline of important
steps in the process. Check back for future updates as
construction continues.
The project sequence of events is to
drive all of the piles, build and start using the detour, build the
east and west abutments, build the pile caps, put in a portion of the
pre-stressed concrete slabs between the pile caps on the south side of
the new bridge, create a new driving lane on the south side of the new
bridge, remove the old bridge, and then complete the new bridge north
driving lane and rails.
The project is on schedule
and within the projected budget.
