Over the three-week period from February 13 to March 3, the contractor will:
- Begin work trestle removal operations
- Begin installation of finger joints and sliding protective plates
- Complete removal of parapet overhang brackets and temporary supports
- Complete concrete curing and stripping of formwork of the parapets
- Complete construction and curing of wingwall extensions
- Complete bridge drainage scupper installation
- Complete abutment backfill and compaction
- Grade, form, and pour reinforced concrete approach slabs
- Resume installation of rip-rap slope protection
- Resume removal and patching of deleterious substructure concrete, Class S repair
- Resume bridge conduit installation and conduit in-trench
Below are some photos captured February 14, 2023 depicting:
- The beginning of the trestle removal
- Forming of the approach slab at Abutment 1 (Newtown)
- The continuing operation to removal overhang brackets
