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[Nparker]

The Hinge

In homage to the CoV's love of pot shops: Stoned Hinge

[Mike K.]

Anyone know what the deal is with the exposed rings of the new bridge? Has the exposed element been simplified, removed from public access, or what's changed, exactly? I know we spoke at length about the vulnerability of the original design.

[Citified.ca]

 

20 weeks to go: new Johnson Street Bridge to be operational by March 31, 2018

https://victoria.cit...-march-31-2018/

[laconic]

Lower pedestrian deck is being attached

 

 

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[Jackerbie]

Anyone know what the deal is with the exposed rings of the new bridge? Has the exposed element been simplified, removed from public access, or what's changed, exactly? I know we spoke at length about the vulnerability of the original design.

 

Unless things have changed again...

 

via http://www.johnsonst...Jan-7-20131.pdf

[Jackerbie]

^ I guess someone realized that a walkway in the centre axis would prevent the bridge span from being lifted fully. Imagine if they hadn't have caught that one!

[Bingo]

Anyone know what the deal is with the exposed rings of the new bridge? Has the exposed element been simplified, removed from public access, or what's changed, exactly? I know we spoke at length about the vulnerability of the original design.

 

Ever since folks have been pitching tents in strange places that has put the kibosh on access to the delicate gear rings.

That fantasy access was only a selling point.

[Gary H]

INSTALLATION OF STEEL RINGS AND COUNTERWEIGHT START DECEMBER 8

 

Day 1

• The Dynamic Beast crane barge will pass under the current bridge into the Upper Harbour
• An approximate 45-minute closure of the existing bridge will occur sometime between 7 a.m. – 9 a.m.

Day 2

• The Dynamic Beast crane barge will be positioned in the channel under the existing bridge. An approximate 45-minute closure of the existing bridge will occur sometime between 7 a.m. – 9 a.m.
• The Dynamic Beast crane barge will also lift the lower counterweight and north ring into the bascule pier
• Intermittent bridge closures will occur for several hours between 9:15 a.m. and 5 p.m

Day 3

• The Dynamic Beast crane barge will lift the south ring into the bascule pier and depart Victoria
• Intermittent closures will occur between 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. and an approximate 45-minute closure will occur when the crane barge exits from under the current bridge between 2:45 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Note: The dates and times above are subject to change and are weather dependent as the steel pieces cannot be lifted during high winds.

 

More at: http://www.johnsonst...art-december-8/

Edited by Gary H, 28 November 2017 - 03:16 PM.

[Mike K.]

Weird. I swear I made a post about that this morning.

 

Anyhoo, I've noticed the City has installed electronic sign boards to alert motorists of pending closures. I suppose this also means the installation is two weeks behind schedule.

[Bingo]

Have the fish been notified about the barge under the bridge?

[todd]

Have the fish been notified about the barge under the bridge?

Yes.

[lanforod]

Yes.

You're extremely long lived for an octopus. 

[todd]

You're extremely long lived for an octopus.

Lot of radioactive particles in the ocean these days.

Edited by todd, 29 November 2017 - 12:39 PM.

[laconic]

Some ballast in the conterweight?

 

 

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[Gary H]

Concrete ballast is right.  The pedestrian walkway is also progressing nicely.  I didn't realize how much of a downward slope there would be going from west to east.  I guess that's to meet up with the DFW on the east and the walkway through the rings which of course no longer exists.

 

 

 

[Bingo]

Some ballast in the counterweight?

 

I would have thought they would have put the ballast in after they had attached it to the other parts over at the pier.

[manuel]

The ballast is being put in on top of the radioactive octopus - had to be done now to hide the evidence.

Good to see this project reaching the finishing stages now.

[Nparker]

shoeflack, on 01 Dec 2017 - 1:44 PM, said:

Not for long....https://en.wikipedia...ai–Macau_Bridge

Interesting that the above bridge has only been under construction about 2 years longer than the JSB replacement...

...The 55-kilometre (34 mi) link is expected to cost 110 billion yuan ($15.9 billion)...[and] would be among the world's longest... Construction formally began on 15 December 2009... the construction of the main 29.6-kilometre (18.4 mi) structure, both the 22.9-kilometre (14.2 mi) bridge section and the 6.7-kilometre (4.2 mi) undersea tunnel, was formally declared complete on 7 July 2017... the project is at least a year late and now is due to be completed in December [2017] and open to vehicular traffic in 2018...

https://en.wikipedia...ai–Macau_Bridge

 

[spanky123]

End of "next month" has come and gone. Huggett must be waiting for the right time to break the news.

 

 

http://www.timescolo...onth-1.23069809

 

 

“Every time I have come up with a solution, I’ve made the determination that it’s too expensive and it needs to be rethought,” he said.

Huggett said he hopes to come back to council with fendering options at the end of next month.

[Linear Thinker]

If I've got the right tug boat, according to Marine Traffic, the Ocean Monarch pulling the Dynamic Beast will arrive in Victoria Harbour ~12:45am.

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Edited by Linear Thinker, 07 December 2017 - 01:02 PM.