End of project cleanup continues

by Gary Gardiner on September 12, 2011

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Workers remove plywood forms for recycling or disposal after clearing the main construction site of debris and leftover materials. Only a few major items need to be completed for the bridge construction to be finished. Among the needed items is the new parking lot at the Senior Citizens Center.

 

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Decorative Wall Sculpture Revealed

September 6, 2011
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Workers prepare to apply finishing touches to the poured concrete decorative wall sculpture covering the wall leading into Alum Creek Park. The concrete, a special mixture designed to flow into the complex silicone form, required a week of drying before the form was removed.

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Causeway removal

August 31, 2011
gravel causeway removed

Gravel used as a temporary causeway across Alum Creek is removed as one of the final major elements in finishing the Main Street Bridge. Work on the exterior of the bridge at water level is nearly complete and the causeway is no longer needed for heavy equipment.

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Decorative wall morning concrete pour

August 30, 2011
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Workers wait at sunrise for the arrival of a concrete truck bearing a special load of cement to pour into the form for a decorative wall sculpture depicting the four bridges to span Alum Creek on West Main Street in Westerville.

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Bridge Panorama

August 24, 2011
Main Street Bridge Panorma - an iPhone photo

The center arch of the new Main Street Bridge is shown in this iPhone panorama photo taken from the temporary gravel roadway crossing Alum Creek.  

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Silicon form for decorative wall

August 23, 2011
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Workers inspect the silicon form that will shape the decorative concrete wall leading into Alum Creek from Main Street. A special form of concrete will be used to fill the voids in the artistic relief sculpture.

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Underwater Welder cuts away steel beams used for temporary structure

August 22, 2011
Underwater Welder cuts away steel beams used for temporary structure

Welder demonstrates the cutting torch he uses to cut steel beams driven into the ground beneath Alum Creek at the beginning of construction for the new bridge. The beams were used as part of the temporary structure used to hold platforms for workers to build the bridge. The welder cuts the beams off at the [...]

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It’s Official – according to police and fire departments

August 19, 2011
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A Westerville police car and fire department vehicle sit on the Main Street Bridge as the “Closed Bridge” barriers are removed opening the new span to traffic.

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Party on the Bridge

August 18, 2011
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A high school cheerleading team and a group of citizens form a W on the center of the bridge deck as the city celebrates the completion of the Main Street Bridge which opens on Friday

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Rainbow during street opening cleanup

August 18, 2011
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A rainbow forms  from sunlight streaming through water used to spray clean the new bridge deck surface on the day if its dedication and a street party.

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Pedestrian Crossing, at last

August 17, 2011
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Electricians install the wiring for pedestrian crossing signs at Main Street and Collegeview Road as one of the final markers for completion of the new bridge.

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