Saturday, January 12, 2008

Time and tide

Time never waits, but tides come and go. The work on the bridge moves forward more slowly than time.

From Saturday the January 5 2008:

They have added gravel between the road and the first concrete pour. Now it looks more like a driveway.




The bridge is solidly built. I have a standard foot-sized foot. (That's a dozen inches, not a baker's dozen)


Looking upstream towards the corner


And then from Tuesday, January 8, 2008: they're getting ready to pour the deck of the bridge.


We think the pieces in the middle of the gap are there for temporary support only. You can see the pieces of rebar bent over to be embedded in the deck of the bridge.


Every time we go over, it looks more like a real driveway.


Part of the reason we think the center supports are temporary


We're planning on going over again on Sunday. I think the top deck is supposed to be poured. It cures for two weeks after that.

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