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Great news, and sorry guys.. but to me this one makes more sense.
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Great news, and sorry guys.. but to me this one makes more sense.
SpadinaBus
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Are you sure it has to do with the bridge and not the track replacement project?
Tuscani01
Senior Member
The track replacement is waiting for the bridge to be constructed, as the bridge is being built in the railway corridor. Its definitely for the bridge.
SpadinaBus
Active Member
Here is a pic I took yesterday morning of the two lonely piers awaiting some form of life...
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Superstar
Not to start anything here, but wouldn't the most ideal situation be that we got both bridges? Leaving aside of course, that this one has nothing to do with the budget and is purely part of the contract drawn up between Concord and the City which allowed the former to build on the latter's land. But I'm sure you already knew that.
Tuscani01
Senior Member
Some pics of the crew doing prep work that I took earlier:
Cutting up and removing the old tracks that have been sitting there for months
Cutting up and removing the old tracks that have been sitting there for months
p5connex
Active Member
What is the true alignment here? Cityplace to Draper St.?
Tuscani01
Senior Member
Dan Leckie Way to Draper Street. The bridge isn't going to be aligned with the two streets, but the ramps will be accessed from Dan Leckie or Draper.
Bruvyman
Active Member
Would have been cool if it met the south side of the tracks right inbetween the parade towers .... Would have made for quite the view walking down the bridge from Front and then under the skybridge into the park
Lansdown
Banned
That stretch of Front looks like East Hamilton. I really hope the city does some beautification soon. I see some "real" retail in its future with the added pedestrian traffic from CityPlace.
Red October
Senior Member
It reminds me of the stretch of King between Queen and Dundurn personally. Probably because of the months of doing the commute down that stretch.
It's hard to get any real good neighbourhood going with one half of the street literally missing because of the tracks. Another reason why somehow putting something akin to a roof over the tracks, and turning it into a park or something else would really improve the look and feel of Front street west of Spadina.
dob467
Active Member
So when will this be built?
Tuscani01
Senior Member
This month.
Hoarding has now gone up on the concrete barriers that were dropped off on Front Street, where the bridge will connect with Draper Street. Stairs have also been installed.
If you plan on going to take pictures... watch out! There are birds guarding the construction site. They have been swooping in to hit people walking along the Northern Linear Park at Capreol Court. This guy had some trouble crossing, but successfully made it through after several attempts, and a nice fall to the ground. The two black specks are the birds coming in for a final hit:
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Superstar
Whats the plan for the south-side of Frontst. from Spadina to Bathurst...it sure would be nice to at least have a sidewalk.
Tuscani01
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Whats the plan for the south-side of Frontst. from Spadina to Bathurst...it sure would be nice to at least have a sidewalk.
I hope so too!
Its going to be hard to monitor this project, as all the work is being done at night. Crews are currently working on the footings for the bridge:
