Friends of Stevens Creek Trail's Weblog
26 02 2009
Thu, 26 Feb 2009
Today was an exciting milestone in the development of the Stevens Creek Trail with the installation of the bridge over Stevens Creek to Sleeper Park. Many were on hand from the Friends of Stevens Creek Trail and the City of Mountain View, as well as the contractor and design teams.
It took nearly 2 hours to prepare the 250 ton crane for the job of lifting the 60,000 lb. bridge into place. A second, 50 ton crane was used to load up 163 tons of counterbalance onto the big crane so it could reach out across the creek without hitting the 50,000 volt power lines overhead (I think they had been deactivated for the day). It then took nearly an hour to connect the bridge and move into its precise placement.
Check out a slideshow of the day here.
The trail opening is expected around late April. There is plenty of work still to do before then, including stone work around the bridge, concrete ramps up to the bridge, landscaping along the trail, paving of the actual trail, and some fences and railings. Be sure you are signed up on one of our mailing lists so we can let you know when the grand opening takes place.
Written by Webmaster, photographer, video-taper, Ross on 2009-2-26.
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