Toronto GO Transit: Davenport Diamond Grade Separation | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

[cplchanb]

Why must all sound walls in this region be grey or a subset of grey?

It's the cheapest. Noone wants to pay premium to dye the concrete

 

[vic]

Freight train passes over Davenport Diamond by Jeremy Gilbert, on Flickr

Jeremy Gilbert's photo shows the three disconnected spans well too, in addition to timing a gap between freight cars, and showing the diamond itself.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Two segments left!

 

[junctionist]

It's the cheapest. Noone wants to pay premium to dye the concrete

That's our culture in a nutshell. In other places, people love to pay the premium to have nice things in the public realm. We're stuck in the mentality of "I use my money to make my house and backyard nice. Who cares about everything else?"

 

[EnviroTO]

They could have done Berczy Park cheaper.

 

[ProjectEnd]

 

[Allandale25]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1562454783138549763

 

[drum118]

Friday, December 16 to Sunday, December 18​

Line: Barrie
Time: Starting late Friday evening until end of service on Sunday
Details: no trains on the Barrie line – buses will serve all stations except Downsview Park GO.
Work: Davenport diamond track diversion and culvert installation.

 

[ProjectEnd]

 

[crs1026]

The last span at the north end is ready to be dropped in place. There are a couple of spans left at the south end, once the erection machine is removed and the final pillars poured, I expect the linear crane will be removed altogether and then the horizontal crane at the south end will place those.
The days of the diamond - which has been there since the 1880's - are clearly numbered.
It's wonderful to see a project that is moving along so well.

- Paul

 

[adHominem]

the erection machine

 

[SaugeenJunction]

The days of the diamond - which has been there since the 1880's - are clearly numbered.
It's wonderful to see a project that is moving along so well.

I guess diamonds aren’t forever.

 

[Northern Light]

I despise all the tagging.

That requires a solution, sooner than than later.

Patchy paint/industrial cleaning will not be an attractive look.

 

[SaugeenJunction]

I despise all the tagging.

That requires a solution, sooner than than later.

Patchy paint/industrial cleaning will not be an attractive look.

I feel like growing vines on the pillars would be a good solution.

 

[Northern Light]

I feel like growing vines on the pillars would be a good solution.

Sure, however, a bit expensive, rules around bridge structures require easy access to the concrete for inspection purposes.

That would require any vines be trellis'ed; and that said trellis'es be movable, and or set in front of the concrete sufficiently to allow for inspection in behind.