The skyline of Edmonton’s river valley area is undergoing a change, thanks to the erection of the new Waterdale Bridge.
The work is
being undertaken in sections, and the first two arches have been hoisted into place. The pieces, each weighing 950 tonnes, are lifted nearly 15 meters in a process that takes as much as 6 hours. It is then bottled to the other sections using 6,000 bolts to do so.
The central arch, which has just recently been installed into its temporary position, was assembled by a crew of workers back in the fall, after which barges were used to float it up the river to the site where it would be put into place. Once it has been joined together with the other pieces, the completed arch will be placed into its final position sometime this spring.
According to Ryan Teplitsky, the city’s construction project manager, constructing the arches is a major undertaking, and can be complicated. The project is slated for completion in 2016. Once open for business, Banners may well be used to help celebrate the occasion, as other cities have done.
To keep the public abreast of the work and to allow them to see how the construction process happens, cameras have been installed. The latest video and live stream can be viewed online on the official Edmonton website.
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