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[Razz]

Friday, May 19, 2017:

From above: Starting to take down the ramp over York Street:












From street level:






Like magic, this section will disappear by Saturday night

 

[hawc]

Does it mess up the asphalt? Or is asphalt pretty tough?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Does it mess up the asphalt? Or is asphalt pretty tough?

The entire stretch will have to be redone as part of Harbour St. extension/widening anyways.

AoD

 

[hawc]

I meant York. Were all the debris is falling on to.

 

[Kitsune]

First york photos should the traffic lights still up - second did not. So did they have a lighbulb moment and removed them... or did the debris do it for them ?

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

First york photos should the traffic lights still up - second did not. So did they have a lighbulb moment and removed them... or did the debris do it for them ?

I think I saw them on a flatbed truck in one of the pictures so presumably they took them down.

I meant York. Were all the debris is falling on to.

It looks like from one of the overhead shot that they laid down road plates like they use for covering holes in the roads to cover York during the process.

 

[MetroMan]

Glorious.

 

[NBGtect]

 

[Lyphe]

I have to imagine I'm not the only one that occasionally pretends these are images of the entire gardener coming down and dreams of a grand boulevard being built instead.

 

[wmedia]

Earlier today:

 

[MetroMan]

Wow. It looks like they can finish the entire thing this weekend. The ramp over York is gone and the two ram hoes have split up and are each heading down the curved ramp and the Harbour offramp at the same time. At this pace, they can be done tomorrow.

 

[drum118]

At the rate they are going, the last of the steel will be gone by Monday night as well the piers.

 

[MetroMan]

Yeah. They're full on hustling. There are a dozen things going on at once.

 

[Freddy]

They are flying!!!! It's a beautiful thing!

 

[Juan_Lennon416]

The speed of this ramp removal project should set the bar very high for other road construction projects.