Progress Photos

June 2010

The Viaducts with pier diaphragm formwork visible between girders above piers.		The Viaducts at Commercial Street with the finished NB bridge in the foreground.
Pier diaphragm formwork visible under the girders at Commercial Street.		Formwork for the SB Viaduct bridge deck going in near Commercial Street.
		View of the SB Viaduct from the SB on-ramp at Commercial Street.
View of the North abutment area of the viaducts near Commercial Street.
View looking up the SB on-ramp looking South from Commercial Street.		Rough grading for the SB on-ramp with the ramp structure and SB Viaduct beyond.
The MSE wall at the SB Commercial Street on-ramp waits for finishing touches.
View of SB I-25 and the Main Street overpass structure with the temporary ramp to the right.		View from Main Street looking North at the SB I-25 construction.
View of SB I-25 and the temporary 'hairpin' NB off-ramp at Main Street looking North.		View of the temporary NB I-25 'hairpin' off-ramp at Main Street.
View of the NB I-25 'hairpin' off-ramp at Main Street looking South.
View of the NB Viaduct looking West from Commercial Street.		View of the NB Viaduct looking Southwest with AMTRAK siding in the foreground.
Temporary construction access road above the Purgatoire River just West of SB I-25.
View of the arrangement of MSE retaining walls near the river.
Completed retaining wall on the East bank of Purgatoire River waiting for finishing touches.		Stone erosion protection used on the bank of Purgatoire River just West of SB I-25.
Engineers inspect the retaining walls in a view looking South from the Purgatoire River bridges.
South side of Purgatoire River bridges looking East up the Purgatoire River trail.		Purgatoire River bridges looking North from trail and South abutment area.
South abutments of the Purgatoire River bridges with the trail just visible.		Bridge piers resting in the middle of the Purgatoire River.
View looking West down the Purgatoire River at the new viaduct and ramp bridge piers.		View of the North abutment of the NB Purgatoire River Bridges of the previous Phase.
View of the previously completed NB off-ramp at Commercial Street.		SB Viaduct Looking East near College Street at the same span.
SB Viaduct Looking North, from just South of College Street at one of the last remaining spans to receive girders.

April 2010

Landscaping is underway along the Purgatoire River Tail near the SH 12 Extension bridge which was completed during Phase I.
The contractor will begin landscaping to develop this site as the Purgatoire River Park, which will feature picnic tables and benches.		Pre-cast deck panels in place on the Main Street bridge and ready for cast-in-place concrete deck paving.
SB Main Street bridge with partially completed MSE walls and deck forming visible.		SB I-25 Purgatoire River bridge next to the completed NB I-25 bridge to the left.
Mainline and SB off-ramp bridges at Purgatoire River ready for their decks.		Abutment work and walls will proceed now that girders have been placed on the Purgatoire River bridges.
A temporary thru pipe on the Purgatoire River structures facilitates construction.		Protected from river flow the contractor works on stabilizing of the north bank of the river under the Purgatoire River bridges.
North bank of Purgatoire River where bank stabilization is progressing.		Mainline viaduct at the University Street end of the long drop-in railroad span.
The gap in the long railroad span of the SB viaduct to be filled by drop-in girders.		Completed railroad spans of the NB viaduct with the unfinished SB railroad span beyond.
Aerial views of the project from the hill. Notice the work at the Purgatoire River and the missing drop-in girders at the railroad and at Pine Street. The girder staging area is in the foreground between Pine and Nevada.
Temporary bent near College Street and the BNSF Railroad.		SB viaduct construction near Pine Street with a view of the contractor's girder staging area.
		NB on-ramp at Commercial Street ready for deck construction and girder post tensioning.

March 2010

Cranes set a segment of one of the variable depth girders that will span the BNSF Railroad.		Reinforcing steel in the floor of the variable depth girder segments prior placing concrete.
Delivering concrete to variable concrete girder segments on the SB viaduct.		Workers finishing the new concrete floor in a variable depth girder.
Temporary support bents for the variable depth girders.		Cranes lift girders for the SB Purgatoire River bridge.
Night time girder erection on the SB Purgatoire River bridge.
Abutment construction on the SB Main Street off-ramp.

January 2010

Installation of pre-cast concrete deck panels on the SB I-25 viaduct.		Placement of concrete box girders on the SB I-25 viaduct over Main Street.
Placement of concrete box girders on the SB I-25 viaduct over Main Street.

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