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

[W. K. Lis]

Oh I recognize that! It's on Lake Shore Blvd East west of Leslie!

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It's a concrete calendar! To pay homage to their automobile gods.

 

[robmausser]

Wouldn't that be interesting as a finish treatment, shiny, ridged and purple?

For your pleasure.

 

[Northern Light]

For your pleasure.

Not my particular kink; but to each their own.

LOL

 

[kamira51]

^I’m sure the local residents would not describe this project as a cakewalk…. but when one compares the progress here to what has gone on along Eglinton Avenue, I have to say I’m impressed with how easy it is to construct an elevated guideway. Basically the hard part is over once those collumns are poured. Doesn’t take that long to put the bridge girders in place, and the ground level rehabilitation remaining is pretty simple.

- Paul

If you really wanted to see elevated rails built, you should have gone to Montreal when they were building the REM, it's very fast.

 

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[crs1026]

^Various ML presentations put the length of the guideway portion (Dupont to Wallace Ave) at 570m, with collumns every 16m. That works out to about 35 pairs of collumns.

That photo shows 7 pairs in place. That's about 20% completed already. Nice work.

- Paul

 

[robmausser]

If you really wanted to see elevated rails built, you should have gone to Montreal when they were building the REM, it's very fast.

Building elevations for light rail vs mainline heavy rail is quite different.

Remember that this structure has to be able to support freight rail, even if freight never uses it. If its connected to a line that freight does run on, it has to be built to those standards.

Same goes for the UPX spur.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Building elevations for light rail vs mainline heavy rail is quite different.

Remember that this structure has to be able to support freight rail, even if freight never uses it. If its connected to a line that freight does run on, it has to be built to those standards.

Same goes for the UPX spur.

Nothing new about railway viaducts. Just a new location.

From link.

 

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[Mcurtis]

Realistically, could we see trains running on this elevated section this year or are we looking at spring/early summer next year before it is in use? Its nice to see the project moving along well so far.

 

[EnviroTO]

According to the timeline given in the community meetings, the west track will be fully constructed by mid-2022, and the east track would be complete by early 2023. I'm not sure when they expect to move the trains onto these tracks from the current temporary track though.

 

[Garuda]

Building elevations for light rail vs mainline heavy rail is quite different.

Remember that this structure has to be able to support freight rail, even if freight never uses it. If its connected to a line that freight does run on, it has to be built to those standards.

Same goes for the UPX spur.

Which has already has already proven itself worthwhile. Long, long ago just before the pandemic during the Wet'suwet'en protests in February 2020 CN & CP Rail used the Georgetown sub as seen here on the tunnel by Weston Station
Stephen Host - Railpictures.ca

 

[ProjectEnd]

Realistically, could we see trains running on this elevated section this year or are we looking at spring/early summer next year before it is in use? Its nice to see the project moving along well so far.

Absolutely not. It'll be next year at the very earliest.

 

[smably]

Progress at Bloor, today around lunchtime:

 

[Allandale25]

^ I can't remember...will the replacement spans not have the centre pier like the current span(s) do/did?