MARCH 2020

Sunday, March 22, 2020 – Saturday, March 28, 2020
(Phase 2 Activity):

Mobilizing jacking angle to pier 7 and started installation at pier 7, south bridge.
Chipping armor joint at piers 11 and 12 (north bridge).
Replacement of proposed strip seal joint at pier 8.
Preparing and forming sidewalk around armor joint at east abutment.
Surveying spot elevation and grading existing bridge deck at spans 1 - 7 prior to bridge deck milling operation.
Removal of debris and other articles from the deck in preparation for upcoming deck milling operation.
Installation of jacking angle for the bridge jacking operation at pier 7 and 8.
Layout and drilling of the jacking angles in place for the interior and exterior girders in span 7 and started drilling in span 8.
Stripping overhang and deck sidewalk formwork from spans 6 and 10.
Installation of epoxy coated reinforcing steel for the sidewalk on the east approach slab.
Pouring of concrete at strip joint at east abutment at span 15, north bridge.
Milling operation on spans 1 – 7.
Installation of the jacking angles at pier 6/spans 6 and 7, south bridge.
Removal of the existing rivets in conflict with the proposed jacking angles.
Relocated barge from pier 6 to the shore.
Relocated barge from pier 13 to pier 9.
Placed concrete for the strip seal joint at pier 8, south side.
Formwork for the proposed 1/2 face jersey barrier on the east approach slab, north bridge.
Reset the existing pedestrian railing on the bridge in spans 1, 6 and 13.
Re-installation of the existing pedestrian railing at spans 13 and 14.
Forming and placing 18.27ft of concrete for the median barrier closure pour at the strip seal joint from spans 1 to 7.
Drilling for proposed anchor bolts 42” pedestrian railing north bridge span 3 and span 4.

Sunday, March 15, 2020 – Saturday, March 21, 2020
(Phase 2 Activity):

Forming the sidewalk concrete on the new east approach slab, north bridge.
Installation of epoxy coated reinforcing steel for the sidewalk on the east approach slab and NE retaining wall, north bridge.
Installation and tensioning of the bolts in the jacking angles at pier 5, south bridge.
Re-installation of the bottom flange angle on the existing north fascia girder in span 8, north bridge.
Installation of the new bottom flange angle on the north fascia girder in span 14, north bridge.
Installation of the strip seal joint at the west abutment in span 1, north bridge.
Re-forming the bridge sidewalk in span 10 on the north bridge at the maintenance bay manholes.
Chipping around existing armor joint at piers 5, 8 and 11.
Drilling for the 42” pedestrian railing bolts at span 2, north bridge.
Installation of demo shields for the removal of armored joint at pier 5, along with the removal of debris and other particles from the bridge’s deck.
Relocated barges form pier 10 to pier 3, from the shore to pier 2 and pier 5, south side.
Removal of existing rivets from the existing floor beams and installation of jacking angle bolts at pier 6, south bridge.
Drilling to install the jacking angles.
Re-setting the existing pedestrian bridge railing at the sidewalk closure and pours at both piers 6 and 5.
Installation of the historic railing and pedestrian railing.
Stripping and removal of the overhang brackets and bridge sidewalk formwork at pier 14, north bridge.
Relocation of materials in preparation for milling operation on the bridge.
Saturated burlap fabric of armored joints at west abutment and piers 5, 6, and 10.

Sunday, March 8, 2020 – Saturday, March 14, 2020
(Phase 2 Activity):

Continued the formwork for the proposed east approach slab north bridge.
Received and tested concrete to complete sections of the proposed strip seal joints at piers 3, 4 and 5.
Installation of the jacking angles at pier 4, south bridge.
Installation of the jacking at pier 5, span 6 on the south bridge (interior and exterior girders).
Installation of the work platform formwork at piers 12 and 13, south bridge.
Installation of the historic railing.
Chipping around existing armor joints at piers 6, 9 and 11.
Fine grading completed for the PCC roadway base section on the east side of the east approach sleeper slab (between the sleeper and the existing roadway section).
Re-installation of the strip seal joints in the bridge sidewalk in spans 10 and 11 at pier 10, north bridge.
Installation of the epoxy coated rebar for the deck replacement at the maintenance manhole locations in span 10, north bridge.
Placed PCC base repair at the east side of the north approach slab.
Placed concrete for strip seal joints for the north half of the strip seal joint at pier 6 and sidewalk closures at piers 5 and 7, north bridge.
Installation of the bottom angle on the second section of girder to be repaired.
Hand demolition of the existing sidewalk off the bridge on the north retaining wall.
Removal of the existing sidewalk on the NE retaining wall on the east side of the bridge.
Installation of the epoxy coated rebar for the sidewalk on the NE side of the east approach slab, north bridge.
Completed 69.57’ of sidewalk strip seal joints from piers 1 to 7 and piers 10, 13 and 14.