Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge | 21.3 m | Completed
 

I realize that the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge project has been discussed at length in other threads, but given that it is just about a reality, I thought it deserved it's own thread.

Here's the City's homepage on this project:
http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/major.../index_en.html

Location:

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Plan view:

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Side view:

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Cross section:

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Rendering:

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Strandherd Bridge gets another go-ahead

The Ottawa Citizen, June 30, 2009


OTTAWA - The National Capital Commission approved the design and proposed corridor for the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge across the Rideau River on Tuesday.

The eight-lane bridge, with a traditional above-deck arch design, will be constructed beginning next year and be open by 2012. Gloucester-South Nepean Councillor Steve Desroches said the only remaining approvals need to come from Transport Canada and the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority.

The total project is worth $105 million, including construction of roads to the bridge. The bridge itself will cost $48 million.

Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre showed up at the NCC board meeting Tuesday to witness the approval. Poilievre called the bridge "a handsome piece of infrastructure."

The bridge will link Riverside South with Barrhaven.

© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen


http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Strandherd+Bridge+gets+another+ahead/1747620/story.html

Finally!

Although cyclists should have their own dedicated lane/ROW separated by a median.

I think his actual words were "we'll be layin' down some tar, baby" :haha:

I believe that is one of only a few phrases he knows, along with "Fuck the Indians".

When is this scheduled to be built and opn.

"The eight-lane bridge, with a traditional above-deck arch design, will be constructed beginning next year and be open by 2012. Gloucester-South Nepean Councillor Steve Desroches said the only remaining approvals need to come from Transport Canada and the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority"

That is one nice looking bridge.

I do hope those transit lanes are convertible to LRT. I fear they won't be.

RFQ for Construction has gone out!
http://www.merx.com/English/SUPPLIER...6280wu1A%3d%3d

South Ottawa bridge on track, authorities promise


THE OTTAWA CITIZENJANUARY 20, 2010 1:09 PM


OTTAWA — The Strandherd-Armstrong bridge is on budget and on schedule, city and federal authorities said at a Wednesday news conference.

At Moncion’s Your Independent Grocer, City of Ottawa engineers explained that construction of the $48-million bridge should start in May 2010 and be completed by 2012.

Another part of the project, the widening of Earl Armstrong Road to four lanes, is also on schedule — construction started in September 2009 and should be completed by March 2011.

Councillor Steve Desroches said the purpose of Wednesday’s conference was to keep federal and provincial partners and local businesses up to speed on the development of the project.

He also said he was very pleased with the progress being made on the project, which is moving forward at an accelerated pace.

The eight-lane bridge, which is to span 125 metres across the Rideau River, will connect River Road on the east bank with Prince of Wales Drive on the west bank.

© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen

The proposed transit/LRT ROW in Barrhaven is entirely on the south side of Strandherd — how exactly is LRT/BRT supposed to go from the outside lanes of this bridge and switch to the eventual dedicated ROWs on either end?

For now Strandherd is going to have bus lanes on the right hand side. IIRC With the NS LRT they were going to build a separate transit bridge once traffic demand warranted widening the S-A bridge..
http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/publi...d/db_4_en.html

I guess what I was wondering about was due to the fact that the bridge has a middle arch, which limits the redistribution of lanes on the bridge. Putting LRT on the south side of the bridge would make the vehicle lanes imbalanced. Are they thinking of eventually putting 4/5 car lanes on the north side and leaving the south side for trains, buses and bikes?

Do you really think they have thought of such things? I suspect we will never see LRT crossing this bridge or an adjacent bridge in any of our lifetimes.

The number I heard was "within 20 years" there would need to be a dedicated transit bridge to the south (about 50 m) of the S-A Bridge. I believe that Urbandale has been fighting the need to allow for a transit RoW for a new bridge, though, because it means that the sewers can't simply head north. (The new transit RoW would involve underpasses, or be trenched.)

Council approves city's share for bridge cost
Posted Jan 29, 2010
BY EMC NEWS
http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20100129/news/Council+approves+city's+share+for+bridge+cost



Councillors Steve Desroches and Jan Harder have announced that council has approved the city’s one-third share of the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge.
The city is completing the design of the bridge and is planning to begin the tender process, with construction scheduled to begin in the spring of 2010.
“This is an important milestone and this project has come a long way out of the ashes following the short-sighted LRT cancellation,” stated Coun Desroches in a press release.
Both the federal and provincial governments have committed to fund two-thirds of the project. The National Capital Commission has also approved the bridge design.
“I am proud of the benefits this bridge will bring to Barrhaven including the long awaited South District Ottawa Police station. We have truly been waiting a very long time,” Coun. Harder said in a release.

from Councillor Desroches

Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge has gone to tender

I am pleased to announce that the City of Ottawa has finalized the design and engineering plans for the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge and the construction tendering process has been initialized. The project tenders have been submitted to the five contractors that were pre-qualified for this project. This past weekend I met with Councillor Jan Harder, MP Pierre Poilievre and MPP Yasir Naqvi at the site of the future bridge to unveil the new sign for the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge, which now includes the federal and provincial logos, illustrating the cooperation between all three levels of government on this important infrastructure project.

Construction was to have to have started in May,and word yet?

I just drove by there on Sunday. There is a lot of activity but it appears to be relating to the completion of Strandherd westward from Prince of Wales. I didn't see anything happening relating to the bridge itself or approaches to the bridge.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/St...518/story.html

All the work that is being done right now is widening Prince of Wales from Woodroffe to the new Standherd extention to four lanes and adding in a traffic light or two.

Strandherd-Armstrong bridge contract settled
http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news...ntract-settled
Completion planned for 2012

SOUTH OTTAWA - The contract for the construction of the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge has been awarded to ConCreate USL Limited of Bolton, Ont., and the order to start construction has been issued. The construction of the bridge is to be completed by 2012.

Project funding was approved in the City of Ottawa’s 2010 capital budget. The federal and provincial governments are each funding a third of the project under the Building Canada Fund as announced in June 2009.

Work continues on the multimillion-dollar projects to widen Earl Armstrong Road (on the east of the Rideau River) to connect with the bridge and the extension of Strandherd Drive on the west.

The bridge will also expected to improve the city’s cycling network, help improve emergency services, enhance economic development opportunities for south Ottawa, and provide wider access to parks and recreational facilities.

ConCreate has previously worked on important infrastructure projects in the Ottawa area including the rehabilitation of the Plaza Bridge and the Hunt Club Bridge.

The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority issued a permit for the construction of the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge on May 4.

work is underway!
http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa.../14640191.html

So I'm a bit confused about the contract. From the "Your Ottawa Region", I see than ConCreate USL was awarded the contract; and from the "Ottawa Sun" article, I readSo is Delcan sub-contracted by ConCreate USL? Or has the City changed the award?

found this press release

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

Delcan Corporation Wins Construction Services Contract for the Strandherd-
Armstrong Bridge in Ottawa, Ontario

Ottawa, Ontario, July 7, 2010 – Delcan Corporation, an award winning, multidisciplinary
engineering, planning, management and technology consulting firm, is
pleased to announce their most recent project win with the City of Ottawa for the
construction of the new Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge.
Delcan has been contracted by the City of Ottawa as the lead consultant for
providing construction services on the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge that involves
comprehensive engineering and on-site inspection services. The design of this new
signature multi-arch bridge over the Rideau River (a UNESCO World Heritage Site)
was recently completed by Delcan and now Delcan will proceed with construction.
This project is scheduled to be completed in Spring 2012.
In acknowledgement of this new project win, Mr. Vic Anderson, Executive Vice
President of Delcan’s Structures Division commented, “We are delighted to have
received this contract award from the City of Ottawa. We previously completed the
design of the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge and are pleased that The City of Ottawa
has awarded us the construction contract as well.”
http://www.delcan.com/pdfs/Strandher...%20Release.pdf

i drove by it on the canada day long weekend and the trees have been cleared and clearly they are prepping the site for bridge construction....the path across the river is clearly visible now....prince of whales widening in the bridge vicinity is well underway too.

http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa.../14784201.html

Before the Hunt Club bridge was built in 1986, did people have to go north to Billings Bridge to cross the Rideau?

No, you could cross at Heron, Hog's Back and Bronson to the north of Hunt Club, and you could cross at Manotick to the south.

Right! Clearly, I hadn't yet had my morning cup of coffee before I wrote that. :koko:

Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge construction update
Wednesday, 04 August 2010
Councillor Desroches would like to provide the community with the following update received from the Project Manager of the Strandherd Armstrong Bridge construction project:

"Within the next week or so bridge foundation installation at the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge site will commence on the east side of the river. These operations will include vibrating 1.8 m diameter steel tubes (caissons) through the soil to bedrock. Once the caissons have reached bedrock, they will be cleaned out of native soil and filled with concrete. The operation is expected to last approximately 2-3 months on the east side of the river and, when complete, a similar operation will take place on the west side of the river.

Given the soil type at the site we do not expect that vibrations will exceed tolerable levels or cause damage to nearby building foundations. However, the vibrating in and cleaning of the caissons will increase background sound levels in the area."

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 04 August 2010 )

several photos by southfacing (flickr) taken 18 Aug 2010

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/4907010804/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/4905834975/


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http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/4908095783/

You can follow the construction at http://sabridge.net/ There is a camera on each side of the site

Note that the project should be marked as under construction.

Meanwhile, the Barrhaven/Ottawa South this week community paper has a series of reports on the bridge and its impact. The first article was in last's week edition.

There is also a photo of the construction site and its progression in today's paper (page 12)
http://www.runge.net/TempDownload/Do...otw-110331.pdf

That paper also mentions our freinds from Saade International were involved in some unfortunate incident: "Police Services said the man was arrested
at the scene after the body of 23-yearold Jessica Riopelle was discovered at
the Saade International Inn at the corner of Bank Street and Rideau Road around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Reports suggest Riopelle worked at the Diamonds Cabaret gentlemen club next door,"

Things are progressing on the S-A Bridge structure.

http://REade.fileave.com/S-A_Bridge/...2011-Apr-2.jpg
East abutment - April 27, 2011

http://REade.fileave.com/S-A_Bridge/...2011-Apr-2.jpg
Looking across the river to the (soon to be) west abutment - April 27, 2011

cool video found at http://www.riversidesouth.org/forums...p?topic=2586.0

• Video Link

Might be the most recent image of the bridge from a EMC article in late-August. You can see the Strandherd Drive section completed (well at least pavement). Though I've probably heard that the section of Strandherd is now open to traffic.

I was driving down prince of wales at the end of the summer and I can confirm strandherd to completed to the river.

The latest from southfacing

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6237/6...b02b5f90_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7186/6...3fff4c33_o.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/6...6e27ef29_o.jpg

Woo-Hoo. I see they are starting to assemble the arches. In a short while, we should have a complete north half of the bridge.

where are the mods?? someone change this to u/c

Weird way of contructing and installing a bridge. I heard it's the 1st time such a things has been attempted in either Ontario or even Canada.

Man, the river is really narrow at that point.

It's out of my jurisdiction, but hopefully no one minds if I change it to U/C.

Although I like cable stayed bridges, it's refreshing to see something different in a new Canadian Bridge. :tup:

NR: Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge Project Update
Ottawa – Today the City of Ottawa declared the general contractor on the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge to be in default.

This decision follows discussions with the contactor’s court appointed receiver and the City’s bonding company and is being pursued as the best course of action to ensure the project continues to move forward and is completed as quickly as possible.

Work on the bridge is approximately 60% complete and measures remain in place to ensure its completion.

It is important to recognize that situations such as this create schedule setbacks and will impact construction. However, the action taken by the City today is geared to limit any project delays and will allow the bonding company to assume responsibility for the delivery of the project regardless of what happens with the contractor as a result of it being placed into receivership.

The City requires performance bonds on all major construction projects to guarantee project completion and minimize financial exposure to taxpayers. Declaring the general contractor to be in default and activating the $23 million performance bond will assist the City in its ability to ensure the timely completion of the project as well as the quality and safety of the bridge.

18 March 2012 by southfacing @ flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7272/6...a5ce6ae4_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2357560...n/photostream/

several more pictures here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2357560...th/6848955156/

Am I the only one who is getting nervous when I read that many of the subcontractors have not been paid for work done to date and they will not resume work until they are paid? Will the performance bond be enough to complete the bridge? Where did all the money go to build this bridge if the subcontractors have not been paid? To pay for debts for a company that was already in financial trouble? Is there a mechanism to make sure that bidders are financially capable to complete the project before their bid is accepted?

this picture would have been even better if we could see them laying tracks for LRT. Look at that picture. Nobody lives there. Just empty fields.

Paddled through the construction site, not much happening. Looks like the aftermath of a giant Angry Birds game :D

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