Toronto Garrison Crossing (was Fort York Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge) | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto | Pedelta

[drum118]

July 28
Totally piss off after finding out both batteries, including the spares for my Canon camera were dead after I get to the site and had to use the Sony that not great shooting night shots. Even the videos were poor and more do to the flood lights. Not the best shot. Took less than 1 hour to have the bridge in place by 1:55 am. Someone was using a dome to take aerial shots connected to the project.

Crane is to be dismantle ASP, as it is going elsewhere. No one is sure if the next bridge will be place in Aug as plan at this time, as well when. As it stands, no photos off site can be taken for that move, as the south side is fence off now.

 

[vini007]

July 28
Totally piss off after finding out both batteries, including the spares for my Canon camera were dead after I get to the site and had to use the Sony that not great shooting night shots. Even the videos were poor and more do to the flood lights. Not the best shot. Took less than 1 hour to have the bridge in place by 1:55 am. Someone was using a dome to take aerial shots connected to the project.

Crane is to be dismantle ASP, as it is going elsewhere. No one is sure if the next bridge will be place in Aug as plan at this time, as well when. As it stands, no photos off site can be taken for that move, as the south side is fence off now.

Good morning,
nonetheless great pics.. looks awesome wow took 6 anchors to hold and move the section to the location...as one can see some local officials were on hand ...thank you...as from my understanding is they the have till nov. to finish off and complete the project and does any1 knows how is operating the crane is a local or german ? thank you...

 

[SaugeenJunction]

Here are two tweets I found with pictures of the bridge installed. Tweet 1, Tweet 2.

 

[ProjectEnd]

http://ow.ly/r4UM30l97Ai

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

No one is sure if the next bridge will be place in Aug as plan at this time, as well when.

CP24 reported the next bridge will be hoisted into place in September.

 

[steveintoronto]

 

[Red Mars]

Pics taken July 29, 2018

 

[SaugeenJunction]

Found on Reddit:

 

[steveintoronto]

Found on Reddit:

Warning! Sound track is dangerous, beware...

 

[smuncky]

Nice aerial plus a few more posted here: https://twitter.com/_CreateTO/status/1023937664775544832

 

[MetroMan]

While not ugly, the original bridge would have been iconic. Looking at these pics and how large this bridge already is, it puts into perspective at how mind-blowing gigantic the original design would have been — 4 times longer as a continuous bridge.

 

[condovo]

^^Sad

 

[innsertnamehere]

I would argue this is an improvement from a planning perspective however - it actually provides a connection to the Ordinance Triangle.

 

[steveintoronto]

While not ugly, the original bridge would have been iconic. Looking at these pics and how large this bridge already is, it puts into perspective at how mind-blowing gigantic the original design would have been — 4 times longer as a continuous bridge.

Academically, stunning, but in a practical engineering sense, a nightmare. And thus pricey. I totally get your point though, but the multi-vectored forces magnify crucial mechanical requirements, some of them very hard to predict. So for safety sake alone, they have to be overengineered, sometimes to the point of ridiculously so, even with CAD/CAM modelling.

I just got back in Toronto coming under that bridge, and the impression was far greater than I expected, even being intrigued by the structure by pics in this string and in architectural publications.

It's truly stunning as is. Sometimes KISS renders a result far more pleasing to the eye and the intellect than something that's trying too hard to be different and unique.

I'm more of a mechanical engineer than a voyeur...and that's beauty to my eyes and senses.

 

[MetroMan]

Academically, stunning, but in a practical engineering sense, a nightmare. And thus pricey.

Due to the time that has passed and the redesign, the new bridge ended up costing about the same or slightly more than the original. And it was built almost 8 years late.