Where the bridge was built: (Satellite)
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| Street View, Nov 2024 |
I presume this is another fence that is designed to discourage suicides. This view shows the S-shaped deck making this "the first S-curved, network tied arch bridge in the world, certainly in the United States." [Kira Larson via asce]
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| Melvin Colindres, Sep 2024 |
Another view of the S-shape.
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| Street View, Jul 2024 |
They kept at least one lane of traffic open during the 20-hour period it took to move the bridge into place. [asce] That sounds impressive until you notice that the open lane is in the frontage road.
American Society of Civil Engineers posted three photos with the comment: "Resembling the spokes of a bike wheel, the one-of-a-kind Northaven Trail Bridge over U.S. Route 75 in Dallas was built to connect multiple bike trails safely. Find out what it took to install the 1st S-curved, network-tied arch bridge in the United States, if not the world, in a single day: https://bit.ly/4bp7Jkq."
[The photos are in the wrong order. The correct order would be 2, 3, 1.]
Chris Ford: And it took less than a week for someone to drive on it.
https://www.wfaa.com/.../287-54c562c0-4539-412a-a7ee... [At least some trail bridges are designed to be big and strong enough to allow ambulances to use them. I presume that was the case for this bridge.]
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| 2 [This is another example of using SPMTs to move a heavy object.] |
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| 3 |
This timelapse video of the move provides the shot I wanted to see; namely, the jacks are at the maximum extension needed for this move.
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| 0:47 video @ 0:32 |
They also built a long bluff-to-bluff bridge over the flood plain of the Cottonwood Creek. The arch bridge over I-75 is peaking out just to the left of the trees.
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| Trail View, Jul 2023 |
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