Toronto Ontario Line: Riverside-Leslieville Station | 15m | 2s | Metrolinx | HDR

[kotsy]

Can anybody who knows help me understand why they’ve temporarily filled this all in and are building it up with gravel when they need to remove the western section of the bridge and are also building station entrances at ground level? Both would require removing all this land mass so I’m super confused why they’re building it up!?
I had assumed they would be building the west side similar to the eastern portion which necessitated a full and complete dig out of several levels below ground surface!??! Super confused why they’re adding all this material when it will need to be removed to build the station entrances and also to remove the bridge like they just did at eastern ave? Seems like double the work and would like to understand the why? Thanks!

Not sure why they've built up either end of the bridges, but it looks like the bridge will be demolished at the end of February according to this most recent construction schedule.

 

[officedweller]

Could be built up for construction vehicle access or for pre-loading?

 

[416InTrouble]

Could be built up for construction vehicle access or for pre-loading?

Nope they had trucks driving along it for the last few months….my only hypothesis is that they somehow need this height to pour the footings for the future station? Either that or the contractor just wants to charge to do duplicative work lol

 

[Smiffy]

Went down and got some photos:

Southwest corner:

Piling work in preparation for the station:

A close-up of the northeast corner:

Southeast side:

 

[Aplus23]

To me it seems like they've done a lot of work in a fairly decent amount of time

 

[flonicky]

 

[kotsy]

Not sure if I'm missing something or this was done in error, but according to this document, the Queen Street closure in 2 weeks is to install girders for the 2nd half (north/west section). With the existing support structure still in place, are they just building on top of it instead of demolishing first? Seems like an odd choice.

 

[kotsy]

Turns out this weekend's girder installation was for the gap between the old & new sections of bridge. So the demolition of the old (north/west) section will be coming eventually.

 

[Dr. Snoot]

Turns out this weekend's girder installation was for the gap between the old & new sections of bridge. So the demolition of the old (north/west) section will be coming eventually.

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I walked under the bridge on Sunday.

The new part is raised a few feet above the old section, giving the underpass a breezier, less dank feeling. It'll be incredible when the old section is demolished. Hopefully there are also some improvements to lighting and the pedestrian experience.