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Thanks Meryland, and welcome! In your entire Picasa thread, are you on the tram or the ped bridge when taking pictures of the parks? Hard to think nothing in that picture was there 10 years ago.
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Thanks Meryland, and welcome! In your entire Picasa thread, are you on the tram or the ped bridge when taking pictures of the parks? Hard to think nothing in that picture was there 10 years ago.
I took those pictures from the new pedestrian bridge. It has an excellent viewpoint on the eastern side here:
I'm going to attempt to go down there Sunday morning and take some pictures of the new elevated portions. Lots of steel going up on the PMLR line. Also, the bridge is getting taller and taller!
They are also building what looks like the beginnings of an elevated viaduct near Westmoreland. They have a 14-18 foot tall retaining wall next to the Brooklyn train yard near Harold St, and are occasionally doing pile driving. Next to the big white crane along highway 99E.
I went on a nice ride today down to Sowa, across the new bridge to Lair Hill, and then back through downtown (after getting totally confused by the ramps at the west end of the Ross Island bridge) to SE/NE.
Hope these shots aren't overkill. They start with Lincoln -- looks like they'll be laying track there soon -- and end with the new bridge.
^^^So, future development to the south of the new station will be expected to build up to the height of this retaining wall? Or will it be filled in by the time the station opens? I'm guessing the former, assuming that what is now ground level will be basement parking for future buildings...I'm very curious to see what this area looks and feels like when everything is up and running in 2015. Will the waterfront at least get a rudimentary path from the Marquam to the Ross Island?
TriMet begins 'Big Pour II' on Portland light-rail bridge: Commuter roundup
Published: Monday, September 24, 2012, 11:23 AM Updated: Monday, September 24, 2012, 11:24 AM
Joseph Rose, The Oregonian
TriMet has started what we're calling “Big Pour II: The Two Towers.”
At 7 a.m. Monday, crews began a 36-hour continuous concrete pour to form the base of the as-yet-unnamed Portland-Milwaukie light rail bridge’s east tower.
It’s the second “Big Pour” of the year. The west tower, which has shot up like concrete bamboo from the Willamette River, went through the same pour-fest in April.
Both towers will rise about 180 feet from the water. The bridge, extending from the Southwest Waterfront to just south of OMSI, will be nation’s largest no-cars-allowed transit bridge.
TriMet said, “Ross Island Sand and Gravel will be providing the concrete.”
While technically accurate, “providing” sounds so charitable. We're pretty sure TriMet meant to say tax payers are footing the bill for that mountain of concrete.
“This is one of the largest continuous pour for the company in more than five years,” said TriMet spokeswoman Roberta Altstadt.
Just how big is the latest pour? Here are the numbers provided by TriMet:
1,700 cubic yards will create up to an 18-foot thick concrete base that covers the six drilled shafts supporting the tower in the Willamette River bed.
Here’s another way to think of 1,700 cubic yards: It amounts to a 4-inch-thick, 3-foot-wide sidewalk, 6.8-million-pound sidewalk stretching 8.7 miles.
The six drilled shafts are 10 feet in diameter and 150 to 170 feet deep
180 truckloads of concrete will be delivered continuously until 7 p.m. Tuesday, with a crew of 60 people.
TriMet said $394 million has been spent on the project so far, with about $189.3 million on construction.
The best place to watch the Big Pour II? Probably the from the Eastbank Esplanade near OMSI. Or online...
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"TriMet said, “Ross Island Sand and Gravel will be providing the concrete.”
While technically accurate, “providing” sounds so charitable. We're pretty sure TriMet meant to say tax payers are footing the bill for that mountain of concrete."
- Although technically correct, taxpayers will be footing the bill for the concrete, all persons living in the US are required to pay some sort of tax for all private goods and services. So, the point is moot. Thanks for offering your unnecessary opinion in a simple informative piece on the status of this project.
The Oregonian is so full of editorialized anti-urban and rail pieces, its ridiculous. They didn't even have a newsorthy piece about the opening of the Portland Streetcar - in fact - there are NO non-opinionated pieces about the new line opening anywhere on the internet!
I really hate the media these days. Hope everyone who works at a news agency loses their job and ends up homeless on Burnside. Especially the owners, they have a special place in my heart.
More buildings are going down along SE 17th near Holgate, and the base of the Tacoma Street overpass has been going up. I'll get pictures soon of both.
The Orange Line bridge from Lincoln down to the South Waterfront is hella impressive. A real engineering marvel! I'm curious what the rider experience will be like. Good video if you click through the link.
TriMet bridge: Giant girder placement will disrupt South Waterfront traffic next week (video)
Published: Friday, October 05, 2012, 4:33 PM Updated: Friday, October 05, 2012, 4:38 PM
By Joseph Rose, The Oregonian
Automobile and Portland Streetcar traffic face significant disruptions in the South Waterfront district next week as crews move 28 giant girders into place as part of the flyover ramp project leading to the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail bridge.
It will be the final placement of girders on the 1,739-foot Harbor Structure, which will swoop up from Naito Parkway and over Harbor Drive before weaving up and under an assortment of freeway overpasses and ramps to Moody Avenue.
"This is the curviest bridge I've ever been a part of," said Tim Hutton, segment manager for Mowat Construction. "We refer to it as the worm going to war."
The 46-ton girders -- 3 inches thick and 96 inches wide and 70 feet long -- were fabricated by Tigard-based Fought & Company and are being individually transported to the construction site at Southwest River Parkway.
The work is expected to cause a long list of traffic headaches:
Southwest Harrison Street between Naito Parkway and Harbor Drive will be closed to auto traffic Monday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Naito exit from Interstate 5 North will be closed on Wednesday through Friday between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. Drivers should use the Macadam exit.
Harbor Drive southbound will be reduced to one lane Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Temporary complete closures of Harbor Drive will occur while girders are suspended over Harbor Drive on Wednesday and Thursday.
No left turns onto River Parkway will be allowed Tuesday. Enter the area on Montgomery or Sheridan.
No right turns from River Parkway onto Harbor Drive will be allowed on Wednesday and Thursday.
River Parkway between Harbor Drive and River Drive will be closed on Friday from 7 a.m to 9 p.m.
The Portland Streetcar will not operate between the Portland State University Urban Center and Lowell Street on the South Waterfront on Monday and Friday. Shuttle buses will provide alternative service. Riders should expect some delays through the construction zone.
The east sidewalk on Harrison Street is currently closed to pedestrians and cyclists. It should reopen Oct. 22. Both sidewalks on Harrison will be closed Friday. There will be other periodic sidewalk, bike lane and turn lane restrictions in the area.
The Harbor Structure, built with 64 girders made with 2,050 tons of steel, is the longest piece of the 7.3-mile Portland-Milwaukie Orange Line. Its deck will light-rail trains and buses over and under several roadways in South Waterfront to what will be the nation’s largest car-free bridge.
-- Joseph Rose
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i think it should be 12 stops all the way down to oregon city not 12 stops from milwaukie to portland, thats going to suck for people that dont live close to the max and have to take the bus there
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