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They have a couple of the vertical beams of the "old school" part of the new bridge up.
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That's seriously really cool. Until you informed me a few weeks ago, I had no idea that they incorporated that into the design.
I'll have to check it out soon.
I'll have to check it out soon.
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Memorial Bridge construction progresses
In less than a year, east and westbound travelers will be able to use the new Veterans Memorial Bridge, now under construction over the Missouri River, a spokesman for the Nebraska Department of Roads said.
“Next June, we’ll open up for traveling on the new bridge,” said Karl Burns from the department’s Omaha office. . . .
The new bridge, like the new road itself through Council Bluffs, will have four lanes, two in each direction, separated by a median with a pedestrian walkway and bike path, Burns said. It will also feature what’s called an overhead truss, he added. The bridge will be about the same height over the river as the current one, Burns said. . . .
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I am SO happy that it has a pedestrian/bike path!!! And that it will be a truss design similar to the old bridge.
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Thanks for the pics, Brad.
I actually drove the bridge the other day to take a look at it. It should be pretty impressive when complete. I do with the truss section were longer, though. It seems rather short.
I actually drove the bridge the other day to take a look at it. It should be pretty impressive when complete. I do with the truss section were longer, though. It seems rather short.
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Lewis Mumford, The Highway and the City, 1963
I think you need to thank ChrisStreetsOfOmaha wrote:Thanks for the pics, Brad.
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Awesome Shots! Â Thanks for posting!
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Thanks for the pics, fbx!
But, it's been a few months. You need to get back out there now that the truss is being erected!
But, it's been a few months. You need to get back out there now that the truss is being erected!
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I always thought it was going to be a truss bridge. Â I am really glad it is too. Â There is a rendering on page one that shows a truss bridge.
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Memorial Bridge's final day coming
http://www.omaha.com/article/20090826/N ... /FRONTPAGE
http://www.omaha.com/article/20090826/N ... /FRONTPAGE
www.omaha.com wrote:Motorists will make their final trip across the Missouri River using the Veterans Memorial Bridge at 9 a.m. Sept. 8.
www.omaha.com wrote:The closure is expected to last nine months, with the opening of the new bridge scheduled for June 2010.
“It’s on schedule,” Burns said.
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Not only closed but as of an hour ago they were cutting out sections of the side rails. Â This was in the area that demo needs to be done to make way for the supports for the new bridge on the Nebr side. Â I bet it does not stand long, at least in some areas.
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I bet the western 1/4 is gone by months end.nebugeater wrote:Not only closed but as of an hour ago they were cutting out sections of the side rails. This was in the area that demo needs to be done to make way for the supports for the new bridge on the Nebr side. I bet it does not stand long, at least in some areas.
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Re: South Omaha Bridge.
Don't know that they are. Â Have you heard that was part of the plan? Â Late this PM the were getting ready to lift the first peice of the old deck down where they need to put the new supports. Â Looks to me like they have it segmented to do a bunch of it this way on the Nebr side.BNSFrailfan wrote:When are they gonna implode the steel spans on the older Bridge?
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Read the thread and this was covered.thenewguy wrote:it would have been great if they'd have kept the old bridge up and open, and converted it to pedestrian.
1) the condition of the old bridge is terrible.
2) the design of the new bridge requires this to be demo'ed, thus the 9 months without a bridge. An alternate design would have been very impractical, costly, and cause the loss of more property.
Overall a good idea but in this case not practical at all
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Yeah, I totally agree with you, thenewguy, and brought this up previously.
It would have been awesome, and innovative if that had been made to work (and it could have been). However, at least there is a nice wide pedestrian/cyclist right of way which is separated from traffic.
It would have been awesome, and innovative if that had been made to work (and it could have been). However, at least there is a nice wide pedestrian/cyclist right of way which is separated from traffic.
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This has also been discussed, the new bridge will have a 10' bike trail on the north side.
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I for got to mention this yesterday, but Thanks for the Great Pics!nebugeater wrote:Had a camera with and at Noon on Friday they were going at taking down another section of the deck on the old bridge
And a couple of the new bridge progress
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Cool construction Video!
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Thanks Brad. Wow, I knew the new bridge was bigger than the old one, but the aerial perspective in that video shows that the new bridge absolutely DWARFS the old one.
Has anyone heard or does anyone have any inside knowledge as to whether the bridge will have a nighttime lighting scheme. That would be really impressive.
Has anyone heard or does anyone have any inside knowledge as to whether the bridge will have a nighttime lighting scheme. That would be really impressive.
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I am going to shoot an aerial of it soon as the weather clears up and the Helicopter can get to Omaha. Â I think I am going to go east or west of it and shoot back at it so that you can see the two side by side.StreetsOfOmaha wrote:Thanks Brad. Wow, I knew the new bridge was bigger than the old one, but the aerial perspective in that video shows that the new bridge absolutely DWARFS the old one.
I think it was 4 - 12' lanes, 2 - 10' shoulders, 1 - 10' Center Median, 1 - 10' Bike Trail = 88' wide. Â I bet the old bridge is 25 or 30 feet total!
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