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XING Columbus wrote
Main St. Bridge Update
June 2, 2008 by Eric
With the recent delivery of a couple arch pieces and a second crane for the Main St. Bridge, it appears that things will start getting interesting in the next week or two.
I’m guessing that the cranes will work in concert, with one supporting the bolted on arch pieces, while the other grabs the next section. The first piece should bolt up with the concrete pedestal on the left half of the picture. Those two steel supports on the right half (one is obscured by the crane) will likely just support the arch until the tension is added.
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Great construction photo that was emailed to me by Robert Metzger:
http://www.robertmetzgerphoto.com
HOT!
It makes the purtid rancid puke yellow water going over the dam a little less noticable.
They should paint the arch parts in a black and white cow hide pattern. :lol:
That looks really pretty. Will be nice when everything on the riverfront is done.
Shaaaaaaaa! Yeah, they have been working on that riverfront since 1797. Nice to see it finally wrapping up 215 years later.
Lucas Sullivant built that bridge that rotted and fell into the river.
That water does look disgusting. The bridge doesn’t look so hot in this photo either. What is the finished product supposed to look like?
I like the perspective in the photo, with the bridge arches framing the LeVeque tower. The water is proof that B&W photography is king with most cityscapes.
It’s okay, but I don’t think it’s hot for the money.
I want to like it, but its hard to get real excited about a bridge that, at least for the time being, doesn’t really go anywhere.
I wonder if there are plans to light up those arches. Some type of fiber optics would look cool.
It makes the purtid rancid puke yellow water going over the dam a little less noticable.
That’s mostly just harmless sediment. The scioto is actually remarkably clean, all things considered. There’s a bit more algae in the scioto than one might want, but that’s what farm/lawn run-off does for ya. Even the fecal bacteria count is slightly lower now.
Maybe that should be the new slogan for the new waterfront:
“The scioto mile: Now with less feces!”
-m
I don’t think it was intended, but this sounds like streetcar sarcasm.
You know what it’s missing? Another bridge one block away. We could build a decent one, not as flashy, for around $30 million. Why am I the only one outraged that this is actually happening?
No, I’m with you. Dumb money.
(But don’t get outraged on CU– it’s not that kind of board.)
after the realignment of the town st bridge {which i think is stupid} the picture will come together. the realignment pisses me off because theres no point. they are going from town st to rich st. they need to keep it town st to town st in the event they decide to demo city center and reopen town st through downtown.
Although if they demo CC, that strip of Town between Third and High would be a great pedestrian mall….
[ducks]
:)
This thread was just mentioned on the WOSU show “Columbus On The Record”
Hi, Mike! Love the show.
Interesting. What exactly was said? ;)
Fixed that for ya. ;)
Maybe that should be the new slogan for the new waterfront:
“The scioto mile: Now with less feces!”
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