A place to put all the information we can find about the East Post Bridge project that was on the books for years... construction began 3/15/2010 and is scheduled to be done in October (7 months).
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Election day sunrise over the bridge
The Michels crew pulled their first all-nighter monday night. This crew gets the nod for the longest days, bet they wish they'd been here in July, with warm, long days. It is frosty out there today.
Yes, can you take a stance and tell us when this project will be open to traffic? Project slippage is not acceptable after there DAYS when there no or small crews doing anything in Sept and October. Come on!
I predict the road will open the day after they fill in the last bit of asphalt on the south end of the construction zone, which they will do after they get the gas line in, and after Maxwell fixes the leak in the water main (which may be done already - I haven't talked to them since last week). How's that for a prediction? :-)
The drilling process is in some respects very precise, but they can't know exactly how easily the earth will bend to the will of their machines. Again, remember back to when they were trying to get bearing for the bridge pilings - some went in easily, some took a long time. The Michels guys are working in roughly the same spot, so it's not a surprise that the earth is being a bit unpredictable.
It would have been nice for them to get started earlier in the project, rather than coming on-site the week or two before the slated end of the construction time line. We are where we are, and it will be open soon.
I'm sure everyone wants to do a good job and get this new bridge open to traffic again. It was just un-nerving that for several days in September and October there was little to no work personnel on site. Its understandable that slippage ocurs but the weather was perfect for nearly 4 weeks. However, thank you for your detailed update. Many of the neighbors will be glad when the bridge is opened again. Be sure to remember to dismantle the 34th street traffic light too. Otherwise it will be almost impossible to get up the hill at times in the winter from a stopped position - or worse trying to stop if you are sliding down the hill.
When will the bridge open?
ReplyDeleteYes, can you take a stance and tell us when this project will be open to traffic? Project slippage is not acceptable after there DAYS when there no or small crews doing anything in Sept and October. Come on!
ReplyDeleteI predict the road will open the day after they fill in the last bit of asphalt on the south end of the construction zone, which they will do after they get the gas line in, and after Maxwell fixes the leak in the water main (which may be done already - I haven't talked to them since last week). How's that for a prediction? :-)
ReplyDeleteThe drilling process is in some respects very precise, but they can't know exactly how easily the earth will bend to the will of their machines. Again, remember back to when they were trying to get bearing for the bridge pilings - some went in easily, some took a long time. The Michels guys are working in roughly the same spot, so it's not a surprise that the earth is being a bit unpredictable.
It would have been nice for them to get started earlier in the project, rather than coming on-site the week or two before the slated end of the construction time line. We are where we are, and it will be open soon.
I'm sure everyone wants to do a good job and get this new bridge open to traffic again. It was just un-nerving that for several days in September and October there was little to no work personnel on site. Its understandable that slippage ocurs but the weather was perfect for nearly 4 weeks. However, thank you for your detailed update. Many of the neighbors will be glad when the bridge is opened again. Be sure to remember to dismantle the 34th street traffic light too. Otherwise it will be almost impossible to get up the hill at times in the winter from a stopped position - or worse trying to stop if you are sliding down the hill.
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