Highway 417 Widening - Page 63

rocketphish · #**1241** Posted **Jul 6, 2020, 10:13 PM**

The westbound lanes just opened.

But wow... what a hazzard! First a couple of OPP SUVs sped through, creating a cloud of dust at the approach to the new secton. Then a transport followed closely by a small truck went though. Can you spot the small truck? Perhaps in their haste they forgot to do the final sweeping?

They're still loading some equipment onto trailers on the eastbound side.

rocketphish · #**1242** Posted **Jul 6, 2020, 10:26 PM**

There goes the last of the equipment, the police flew through, and now the eastbound lanes are open as well.

Good job everybody!

DarthVader_1961 · #**1243** Posted **Jul 6, 2020, 11:13 PM**

How long until the underneath is done?

Catenary · #**1244** Posted **Jul 6, 2020, 11:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by DarthVader_1961

How long until the underneath is done?

There's a fair bit left to do, including finishing the concrete barriers on the sides, erecting sound barriers, replacing the temporary centre barrier, completing the retaining walls on the north side and digging out the trench. They'll probably be at it for the rest of the summer.

mykl · #**1245** Posted **Jul 7, 2020, 3:04 AM**

It looks like they did a great job! a few hours late is a pretty good timeline for a project in Ottawa haha

Dengler Avenue · #**1246** Posted **Jul 7, 2020, 3:10 AM**

I noticed one thing: Only 6 lanes? Not 8?

mykl · #**1247** Posted **Jul 7, 2020, 4:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

I noticed one thing: Only 6 lanes? Not 8?

I see 8 lanes.

Corndogger · #**1248** Posted **Jul 7, 2020, 7:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by mykl

I see 8 lanes.

Same here.

OTownandDown · #**1249** Posted **Jul 7, 2020, 12:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

I noticed one thing: Only 6 lanes? Not 8?

The entire thing is currently reduced by one lane. But surprisingly, this did not affect traffic this morning.

Also, travelling westbound, there's quite a big bump on the west side of the bridge. Car did a nice swoopy bounce on dismount.

Catenary · #**1250** Posted **Jul 7, 2020, 2:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by OTownandDown

The entire thing is currently reduced by one lane. But surprisingly, this did not affect traffic this morning.

Also, travelling westbound, there's quite a big bump on the west side of the bridge. Car did a nice swoopy bounce on dismount.

Yeah, there's a lane closure in each direction to allow them to finish the concrete walls.

I opened the livestream this am, and the primary camera was still up, but the secondary camera was down. I couldn't figure out what it was focused on though, until I realized I was watching them remove the secondary camera, which was on a pole near the site trailer.

SidetrackedSue · #**1251** Posted **Jul 7, 2020, 2:45 PM**

I know it was late but it provided 3 solid days of breakfast entertainment with my grandkids (I screen-shared my second display during our daily skype call.) Even this morning was entertaining while we watched the traffic whiz by on the completed bridge for a while.

I had originally heard the sliding in of the bridge was supposed to happen overnight (a tweet, I think by Jeff Leiper) but I'm glad for the delays since I had fun checking the progress through the day. It was an impressive job.

Given how good they have been at meeting their deadlines on past replacements, I'm looking forward to hearing what the unforeseen delay was (did they actually use the heavy equipment to nudge the bridge section back onto the rails?) I feel confident that there is a story of ingenuity and problem solving here and not poor planning or overly optimistic timelines.

PHrenetic · #**1252** Posted **Jul 8, 2020, 12:21 AM**

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Given how good they have been at meeting their deadlines on past replacements, I'm looking forward to hearing what the unforeseen delay was (did they actually use the heavy equipment to nudge the bridge section back onto the rails?) I feel confident that there is a story of ingenuity and problem solving here and not poor planning or overly optimistic timelines.

Good Day.

So am I - they seemed to run into more pauses than they should have running the spans into place.

And yes, in the watching I did, I saw them using the excavator buckets at various corners rather frequently.
I believe that rather than the buckets actually pushing on the span corners (which would be asking for damage),
that they rather acted as in-position shims while the jacks were used to push the span just a little,
thus forcing an angle thrust until the span was properly aligned for progress again.
I would have to assume that the jack systems were not exactly paired-up perfectly on both sides.

Whether we actually hear about cause is an open question.
It could be regarded in some circles as confidential.

Still, it was fun. And it's dun.

Dengler Avenue · #**1253** Posted **Jul 17, 2020, 4:11 AM**

For anyone who's curious, after many studies, I've finally mapped out the route options for Highway 417 from Renfrew to North Bay.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=11qPd7-lLyG1jFj9N6y9ioaWMABkC1Mj0&usp=sharing
A big thank you for everyone who has supplied me with information.

Dengler Avenue · #**1254** Posted **Jul 28, 2020, 4:00 PM**

I drove on The Queensway over the weekend. M.T.O. may as well sign the entire stretch between the split and Woodroffe Avenue 80 kph instead having small pockets of 100 kph here and there. ._.

CityTech · #**1255** Posted **Jul 28, 2020, 6:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

I drove on The Queensway over the weekend. M.T.O. may as well sign the entire stretch between the split and Woodroffe Avenue 80 kph instead having small pockets of 100 kph here and there. ._.

It's even worse as there's 80 pockets around Innes Road and Bearbrook bridges.

From Anderson to Woodroffe there's 5 different 80 kph sections. It's insane.

J.OT13 · #**1256** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 4:08 PM**

What's going on on the Queensway West (Woodroffe to Rochester)? I know they are widening it, but I feel like there's been no progress in months.

Catenary · #**1257** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 4:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

What's going on on the Queensway West (Woodroffe to Rochester)? I know they are widening it, but I feel like there's been no progress in months.

They've been working on the median. The median concrete wall was finished a while back, and since then they've worked along putting in the bases for overhead lighting. I have seen paving equipment as well, so it looks like things are on track to wrap up before winter.

J.OT13 · #**1258** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 5:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Catenary

They've been working on the median. The median concrete wall was finished a while back, and since then they've worked along putting in the bases for overhead lighting. I have seen paving equipment as well, so it looks like things are on track to wrap up before winter.

Thanks for the update.

TransitZilla · #**1259** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 5:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

What's going on on the Queensway West (Woodroffe to Rochester)? I know they are widening it, but I feel like there's been no progress in months.

The median work (and the widening) is in the stretch from Maitland to Island Park.

A bit further east (Parkdale to Rochester I think) I believe they are replacing the noise barriers with new concrete ones. The old metal ones were rusting pretty badly.

J.OT13 · #**1260** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 5:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by bradnixon

The median work (and the widening) is in the stretch from Maitland to Island Park.

A bit further east (Parkdale to Rochester I think) I believe they are replacing the noise barriers with new concrete ones. The old metal ones were rusting pretty badly.

Thanks for that. Now apparently the left lane between Island Park and Rochester is closed. Does the MTO have a proper website with updates? I could not find one.