I drove around a little and found an advantage point on a freeway entrance
ramp, but there was no opportunity to stop and take photos. So I just drove
slowly and took a good look.
The destroyed Pratt truss section is being replaced with a simple Pony
Plate (aka Through Plate Girder) bridge, which is both expedient and
cost-effective. I couldn't see well enough, but I get the impression that the
destroyed wooden trestle approach section is being replaced with a rock-filled
berm, which may have been the pile driver sounds I heard earlier.
>
>1. No significant foundation damage that can be taken care of without
>redigging, pouring and pile-driving.
>2. The main spans not pretzeled are OK for now.
>3. They already have some spans ready to go for other projects that
>they can hijack. Minimal new fabrication required.
>4. DHS cleared the way from onerous local permitting requirements and
>environmental studies.
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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