Johnny Au
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Looks like your post is the final post of 2024.
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GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)
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Bojaxs
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Wasn't intentional. I assure you. I can hear the fireworks going off, and I'm sitting here, still perplexed as to which GO train project I'm looking at.
EDIT: Also looking forward to photos of the New Year's Eve crush at Union station.
Civdis
Active Member
LOL, I just did the exact same thing
lenaitch
Senior Member
I was intrigued to research whether Woods Canada still had a manufacturing presence but it seems it is just a legacy building.
Milaisacat
Active Member
Happy New Year!
It's neat to see the (former?) Woods factory. My first sleeping bag as a kid was from Woods and it remains the most comfortable and warmest I've ever owned.
It has also been neat to see the incremental construction at Long Branch from the train each day.
It's neat to see the (former?) Woods factory. My first sleeping bag as a kid was from Woods and it remains the most comfortable and warmest I've ever owned.
It has also been neat to see the incremental construction at Long Branch from the train each day.
drum118
Superstar
Metrolinx crews are working at the Logan Avenue bridge to prepare for bridge girder installation scheduled for this month.
Construction will take place during the daytime from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is expected to finish by Saturday, January 4th.
This work is required to prepare for the Logan Avenue road closure and bridge girder installation scheduled for January 17th to 20th.
Read Metrolinx's construction notice for more details.
Construction will take place during the daytime from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is expected to finish by Saturday, January 4th.
This work is required to prepare for the Logan Avenue road closure and bridge girder installation scheduled for January 17th to 20th.
Read Metrolinx's construction notice for more details.
vistaway
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Current state of the Burloak Drive underpass on LW:
Allandale25
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Ontario bridge about to be demolished and given futuristic replacement
A pedestrian bridge carrying foot traffic over a busy GO Transit corridor will soon be demolished to make way for a new replacement. Metrolinx has an…
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Amare
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Metrolinx will probably find a way to make this, relatively straightforward project, for go on for 10 years while costing at least $50 million.Ontario bridge about to be demolished and given futuristic replacement
A pedestrian bridge carrying foot traffic over a busy GO Transit corridor will soon be demolished to make way for a new replacement. Metrolinx has an…
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Ontario bridge about to be demolished and given futuristic replacement
A pedestrian bridge carrying foot traffic over a busy GO Transit corridor will soon be demolished to make way for a new replacement. Metrolinx has an…
Why just post the link with the clickbait headline?
I’m tired of people here just posting links without context.
generalcanada
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If someone posts a link and you refuse to read it, thats on you.
north-of-anything
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If someone posts a link and fails to provide context, why should I click?
generalcanada
Senior Member
that sounds like a you problem
Metroscapes
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Whatever I read it. While I'm sure the life of the bridge was the motivating factor, it's notable that "a higher clearance over the tracks...will allow for future electrification of the rail corridor." One less non-compliant structure gone. I know there were quite a few a decade ago.Ontario bridge about to be demolished and given futuristic replacement
A pedestrian bridge carrying foot traffic over a busy GO Transit corridor will soon be demolished to make way for a new replacement. Metrolinx has an…
I was also cruising some Hydro One reports for unrelated purposes, noticed this as well:
In a Needs Assessment Report from last month:
Sauga89
Active Member
I did read the article. Thank you. For those who did not, this is about the Drury Lane pedestrian bridge replacement in Burlington.Ontario bridge about to be demolished and given futuristic replacement
A pedestrian bridge carrying foot traffic over a busy GO Transit corridor will soon be demolished to make way for a new replacement. Metrolinx has an…
This is a link to the Metrolinx construction notice on which I think the article is based. The gist of it is that the pedestrian bridge will be removed between March 7th and March 10th. It does not say how long it will take to be replaced.
This Metrolinx press release from 2019 adds a little more detail. It says that the replacement is because of the 52-year age of the bridge, to make it more accessible, and as @Metroscapes notes, to raise the height of the new bridge for electrification. The 2019 Metrolinx article says the new bridge will be at least 7.4 metres versus 6.8 metres for the current bridge.
(EDIT: This Burlington city council document from 2022 says that the bridge would be replaced starting March 5, 2024, and re-open in January 2025. Presumably, they pushed construction back a year, but if that construction time is still valid, the work will be done by January 2026. It says the city has been advised that they will be responsible for $2.6 million of the cost, with the remaining cost, and any overruns being borne by Metrolinx).
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