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[kenmuir]

First Johnson Street Bridge Steel Shipment Leaving China

July 17, 2017

The first shipment of steel pieces for the new Johnson Street Bridge has been loaded onto a barge in China and will travel down the Yangtze River to Shanghai. Once it arrives in Shanghai the steel will be loaded onto a heavy lift ship in and transported to British Columbia.

 

The steel will take approximately 25 days to cross the Pacific Ocean and will arrive in mid-late August. The components being shipped include the north and south rings, the lower counterweight and the temporary structure (false work) used to support the various components of the bridge during erection. The steel will be offloaded at either Ogden Point in Victoria or at the Fraser Surrey Docks depending on the Victoria cruise ship schedule. It will then be transported to Point Hope Shipyard.

 

For more information visit: www.johnsonstreetbridge.com

 

Source: http://www.victoria....ving-china.html

[Jackerbie]

CoV page updated today, first components are on a barge to Shanghai.

[Cassidy]

I hope all the barges used for transport have working bilge pumps and licensed captains at the helm.

[Nparker]

CoV page updated today, first components are on a barge to Shanghai.

Seems appropriate since we are definitely getting "Shanghaied" on this project.

[grantpalin]

Seems appropriate since we are definitely getting "Shanghaied" on this project.

 

[North Shore]

I wonder if they've booked the return trip for when the three bits don't fit together properly?

[Bingo]

I hope all the barges used for transport have working bilge pumps and licensed captains at the helm.

 

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[Jackerbie]

I hope all the barges used for transport have working bilge pumps and licensed captains at the helm.

 

The barges will only be used to get the pieces to Shanghai. From there they'll be loaded onto a larger ship and transported to Point Hope for final assembly work. "Hope" is apt, I think.

[spanky123]

I wonder if they've booked the return trip for when the three bits don't fit together properly?

 

Well they will get a bit of a reprieve as it sounds like the span support structure, which was supposed to be shipped at the same time as the north and south rings is not yet ready and will be shipped by container later.

 

It really sounds like the team is scrambling to get bits over here. Unpainted parts, split shipments, uncertainty of delivery location, etc all make it sound like we have moved on to the 'seat of the pants' part of the operation. It is great that they are finally showing some sense of urgency to complete this project but you have to wonder if the taxpayer is going to be on the hook for all of these extras.

[Bingo]

I wonder if they've booked the return trip for when the three bits don't fit together properly?

 

Send an assortment of cotter pins and O rings just in case.

[johnk]

Send an assortment of cotter pins and O rings just in case.

And 200 miles of duct tape.

[Prom2]

with a few hundred gallons of blue paint.... just in case.

[Bingo]

with a few hundred gallons of blue paint.... just in case.

 

They have that much blue paint hidden away in the basement at city hall.

[grantpalin]

They have that much blue paint hidden away in the basement at city hall.

So the city can white bluewash the new bridge?

[Gary H]

Meanwhile, work continues...

 

The MUP guardrails are really taking shape and as I suspected are a combination of cables and extrusions.  Preparation also continues on the western island sidewalk along Store St.  When this opens it should help with the summer pedestrian congestion crossing Johnson St.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[lanforod]

well, if the span doesn't fit, I guess this is another location for a chalk art festival

[Gary H]

Testing the new path lighting...

 

Quite the crew out there this evening checking out the new approach span path lighting.  Looks like the MUP will be well lit.  The side of the approach span is also getting lighting.  While it took them forever to decide on a guard rail design, the end result looks great.  

 

 

 

[sebberry]

There are some really nice things that can be done with architectural lighting.  That's looking good, I just hope we use more colours than white. 

 

(Ok, ok, white is all colours, but let's use some narrower spectrum lights).

[Coreyburger]

Those guard rails on the trail are terrible - they narrow the path down by almost a metre for almost no reason. My bet is they're gone within a few years because of congestion issues on the trail.

[spanky123]

Those guard rails on the trail are terrible - they narrow the path down by almost a metre for almost no reason. My bet is they're gone within a few years because of congestion issues on the trail.

 

It is our lowest common denominator safety standards that we have in Canada. With the rails being slanted in like that, you can still ride full force into them without toppling over into the ocean.