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Old Posted Dec 2, 2008, 4:55 PM
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from what i remember:

The Van Wagners were a Loyalist family who owned farmland in northern Stoney Creek/Saltfleet township, around the area of the beach.
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I wonder if this new bridge will make it easier for the around the bay race?
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Old Posted Dec 2, 2008, 6:15 PM
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I wonder if this new bridge will make it easier for the around the bay race?
where does it go now? eastport ?
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where does it go now? eastport ?
Not sure where it's going to connect. I wonder if we can find a site on that. I know it has been mentioned it will connect to the waterfront trail. Doesn't the waterfront trail go around most of the bay?
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I found this site on it. I was totally mixed up on where it was going to go. Anyhow this is a good site about it. I wished that one pic was larger though.
It will be good when it's done.

http://www.myhamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyre...vember2005.pdf
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Pedestrian Bridge Moves Forward

Ken Mann
9/14/2009
http://www.900chml.com/Channels/Reg/...spx?ID=1139831

We're about one year away from the completion of a new pedestrian bridge over the QEW in Hamilton's east end.

Dufferin Construction has started preliminary work on the project, doing some excavating at the old Brampton Street landfill site.

Gary Moore, a spokesman with the city's public works department, adds that the necessary approvals are also in place from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Hamilton Conservation Authority.

He adds that fabrication of the 80 mete long span itself will take the most time since it has to be put together, then taken apart again and shipped to the site in three large pieces.

The pedestrian bridge is being built thanks to a 14 million dollar grant from the provincial government, which also includes money to build new trails and other amenities on the north side of the QEW.

The project is scheduled for completion next September.
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sorry about the poor quality...cellphone camera. Looks like its coming along nicely though...
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This has got to be the slowest-moving bridge construction project in the history of the province. It has been at least a year since the piers for the bridge went in. Does anyone know what the holdup is on this thing?
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I'm assuming it's a question of priority. The aberdeen overpass was installed over a weekend.
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The article posted above from last september mentions fabrication was supposed to take a long time. I can believe this, as these aren't exactly stock steel shapes you can order from a catalogue like for some boring overpasses. There's actually a fair bit of complexity and uniqueness to this design. It must have been a challenge to design and build. I like it!
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The central arch was in position but was recently removed. Must have been incorrectly designed and prepared. My grandpa used to always say "measure twice, cut once!"

I am trying to understand why the focal point is positioned so deeply offset from the highway. It is as if the designers want the drivers' eyesight to be distracted both upward and off to the side of the highway. I'm wondering if any consideration was given to the impact it will have on the accident rates along this stretch of highway.
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I am trying to understand why the focal point is positioned so deeply offset from the highway. It is as if the designers want the drivers' eyesight to be distracted both upward and off to the side of the highway.
From what I read, the MTO did not want the arch over their highway, as they felt that would have been a distraction. I'm thinking the location of the arch puts it over city lands. Yeah, I can't see how the "look-over-here" approach makes it safer.
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QEW walkway provides missing link between city’s waterfront, east end

Teri Pecoskie
http://www.thespec.com/news/local/ar...front-east-end

From its clay-red hue to its slanted steel arch, the new pedestrian bridge spanning the QEW and Red Hill Creek was designed to reflect the city and capture its unique character.

And in just a few weeks, Hamiltonians will be able to see the city’s new landmark firsthand, as construction on the project wraps up.

“The community has been waiting a long time for this,” said Marco Oddi, senior project manager for the public works department. “Hamilton has some wonderful trail systems and this was always the missing link.”

Unlike other areas of the city, such as Cootes Paradise and Dundas, the heavily industrial east end has long been alienated from green space, separated from the Lake Ontario waterfront by old landfills and a tangle of high-speed roadways.

But with the construction of the new bridge, residents will soon have easy access to an expansive system of trails of parklands, without ever having to risk life and limb on busy city streets to get there.

“For us in the east end, we’ve always been looking for a better connection to the waterfront,” said Councillor Chad Collins. “It’s a huge boost for our image.”

“I think the bridge is symbolic that we’re making significant upgrades in the east end and in the city.”

The $14-million project, which was funded by a municipal infrastructure grant from the province, is the last piece of a continuous system that connects the Bruce Trail to the Waterfront Trail through the Red Hill Valley Trail.

The bridge — a 200-metre-long Z-shaped structure that traverses 12 lanes of traffic — is the centrepiece of the plan, but extending the existing Red Hill Valley Trail and creating paved, accessible pathways from the foot of Brampton Street to the waterfront was also a key concern for developers.

As was the design of the bridge itself, which city officials wanted to act as a unique gateway to Hamilton — something that would catch the eye and delineate the city from the surrounding urban sprawl.

“The city wanted some sort of signature structure and in the end the tilted arch was the one we preferred,” said Bob Stofko, senior project manager for Mississauga-based engineering and transportation consulting firm, McCormick Rankin Corporation.

“You don’t see a lot of these around. It’s a pretty unique style and design.”

According to Stofko, who oversaw the plans for the bridge, the material and hue of the structure were also chosen with Hamilton in mind.

The steel was selected to “reflect the steel in the city” and the “fireweed red” colour — the exact tint used on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge — resembles the clay cliffs throughout the Red Hill Valley, Stofko said.

Other aspects of the structure, such as the angled, irregular spokes on the handrails, were designed to cast shadows that mimic the grasses in the wetlands below.

The bridge and surrounding trails were initially expected to be complete and open to the public by the end of October, but city officials say a string of setbacks have delayed the opening until early December.

Gary Moore, director of engineering services for the public works department, said a scheduling conflict dating back to June is ultimately what put the project off track.

“The bridge was fabricated in Dartmouth, N.S., so it had to be shipped in parts on oversized loads, and that needs a police escort,” he explained.

But for the two weeks leading up to the G20 conference in Toronto — the time period during which the massive steel arch and girders were slated for transport — there were no OPP officers available to accompany the load from the Ontario border to Hamilton.

“That put them behind on delivery by two weeks,” he said. “Then, when they tried to put it up, they ran into a problem erecting the arch, which took about another 10 days to resolve.”

As for why the steel was trucked in from the East Coast rather than sourced locally, city officials said no companies in the area could match the bid. Most of the contracts on the project, however, such as concrete, asphalt, hand rails and labour, were awarded to businesses in the Hamilton area.

Setbacks to the bridge’s construction weren’t the only thing city planners and engineers had to worry about — they were also faced with the difficult challenge of building a structure within an environmentally sensitive and protected wetland.

Jim Stollard, board member and past president of the Hamilton Naturalists Club, said he recognized the negative effect the construction would have on the area in the early stages of the project.

In fact, he said his group opposed the initial plan for the site, which involved routing the trail through Van Wagner’s pond.

“It still has had some deleterious effects because the construction has removed some previously existing wetland areas,” Stollard said. “But you can always mitigate some of the effects that you’ve caused by planting natural species and making efforts to screen sensitive areas from pathways.”

City officials said this was taken into consideration during the planning stages and a portion of the project’s budget will be devoted to restoring the wetlands once construction is done.

The Naturalists Club isn’t alone in speaking out against the bridge. City Councillor and mayor-elect Bob Bratina also criticized the project in his recent election campaign, saying the funds should have been devoted to remediating Beasley Park, a contaminated inner-city green space, instead.

Environmental and political concerns notwithstanding, the bridge and surrounding trail systems are poised to bring positive change to a neighbourhood that has been all but cut off from the recreational and social opportunities the waterfront affords.

For Steve Miazga, chief administrative officer for the Hamilton Conservation Authority, the new link will not only promote active living, but benefit local businesses as well.

“It’s a great boon for the community,” he said.

By the numbers

76: the tilt, in degrees, of the bridge’s signature arch.

12: the number of lanes of traffic the bridge will traverse over the QEW.

200: the length, in metres, of the bridge’s deck.

14,000,000: the budget, in dollars, for the East Hamilton Recreational Trail and Waterfront Link.

7,600,000: the cost, in dollars, for the bridge alone.

1996: the year in which the idea for a pedestrian pathway across the QEW was initially raised.

2008: the year in which construction formally started on the project.
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"City Councillor and mayor-elect Bob Bratina also criticized the project in his recent election campaign, saying the funds should have been devoted to remediating Beasley Park, a contaminated inner-city green space, instead."

...or sticking a fountain in the Bay?
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John Rennison/The Hamilton Spectator
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http://www.thespec.com/print/article/276342

Old article but nice photo.
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