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#46 Post by Tom » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:33 pm

Is that the Railway Bridge they apear to lifting in the 3rd picture?
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#47 Post by crawf » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:18 am

stelaras wrote:that looks awesome!

cant wait for it to be completed it would make for a really nice entrance into the city...

East terrace bridge??? do you mean west terrace bridge?
Nah, theres a East Terrace in Mile End, which connects Port Road with the City West Connector.
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#48 Post by AG » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:24 am

Tom wrote:Is that the Railway Bridge they apear to lifting in the 3rd picture?
Yes that is the rail bridge that they are placing the beams in for.
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#49 Post by Edgar » Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:59 pm

The transportation of the beams causes massive traffic interuptions along Port Rd today, huge trailers with cop cars around.

Nice to see everything is going smoothly.
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#50 Post by AG » Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:01 pm

Lot of work going on at this site over Easter. They've been jacking the bridge sections horizontally into position:

Railpage has some updates: http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11329328-s15.htm
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#51 Post by Norman » Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:40 am

The whole thing is going to look great, even the new tracks look awesome!
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#52 Post by bmw boy » Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:55 am

does any1 know why that big ugly graffiti covered concrete slab is still standing in the middle of the tracks? :?:
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#53 Post by Edgar » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:34 am

bmw boy wrote:does any1 know why that big ugly graffiti covered concrete slab is still standing in the middle of the tracks? :?:
LOL, everything was supposed to be teared town last year when they started the project. I have no idea why it's still there.
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#54 Post by Norman » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:53 pm

Maybe they'll sell it on e-Bay, like the Berlin Wall pieces :lol:
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#55 Post by rev » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:36 pm

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bmw boy wrote:does any1 know why that big ugly graffiti covered concrete slab is still standing in the middle of the tracks? :?:
LOL, everything was supposed to be teared town last year when they started the project. I have no idea why it's still there.
That wall will come down next month sometime when they start moving the frieght line over.
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#56 Post by Will409 » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:01 am

Technically, they should have it down by now, I saw the frieght line being linked up to the new track arrangement yesterday. I just hope that slab doesn't stay there as a 'memorial' to the bridge, it is simply an eyesore. If NIMBYs start saying that is "part of our history", I am going to firebomb them!
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#57 Post by Will » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:07 am

Will409 wrote:Technically, they should have it down by now, I saw the frieght line being linked up to the new track arrangement yesterday. I just hope that slab doesn't stay there as a 'memorial' to the bridge, it is simply an eyesore. If NIMBYs start saying that is "part of our history", I am going to firebomb them!
At the last state election the Liberals wanted to heritage list the old Bakewell Bridge. However as they were not elected, I can see no reason why that slab should remain.
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#58 Post by crawf » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:32 pm

Why in the hell would they want to do that?, the Bakewell Bridge was a disgrace and falling apart. Liberal needs to shape its act if they want to run this state in 2010.
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#59 Post by shuza » Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:48 pm

Well they wont. Labors landslide win pretty much secures a confident 2 terms in power until 2014.
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#60 Post by sidler » Fri May 11, 2007 10:06 am

Got to go on site yesterday here are some pics!

Looking east towards underpass

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Standing under the road bridge looking west

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Looking east under the road bridge, still a fair bit of excavation to do

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Looking west

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Ugly concrete slab

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The guy said they got a bit behind schedule when they were meant to remove the slab so havnt done it yet. When they dig the last section of the underpass it will come down then.

Sorry couldnt get much of the east side, only had access to the west.

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