Bridge Sale! Marked Down to 74,000,000.00
Jul 5, 2015 22:15:33 #
The Margaret McDermott Bridge under construction. A sister project to the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. These are part of the Trinity River Corridor Project. Ms. McDermott & Ms. Hunt Hill were instrumental in securing the services of Santiago Calatrava as the designer for these structures. After the completed 'Large Marge' came in at a whopping 182 million (about double the projected cost) it was determined that a redesign of the McDermott bridge was in order. The structure going up is projected to cost ONLY 74 mil. There is no easy access to photograph this beast. I parked at the terminus of a dead end street, climbed a levee and walked at least 1/2 mile to reach this vantage point. A beast perhaps but a very impressive one indeed...... To get an idea of the scale, in the 3rd shot, if you zoom in on the 2nd support landing - the orange rectangle is a port-a-potty!
Jul 5, 2015 23:13:42 #
Jul 6, 2015 00:13:13 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Will this be a suspension bridge?
It was originally intended to be (like the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge - see attached) but was redesigned due to budget cuts. It's a traditional pier / beam structure with steel side panels and a double steel arch creating a faux suspension bridge. it's the Dallas way.... it's not who you are, it's what you look like. We may have the greatest proliferation of billboards advertising plastic surgeons and weight loss surgery of any major city in the U.S..
Jul 6, 2015 00:18:40 #
It does not sound bad if you say is reeeeaaal fast and it is someone else's money. Are those high water marks on the portable offices and the shipping container? You did have some rain recently?? A nice series. TFS Cliff
Jul 6, 2015 04:33:55 #
ajohnston3 wrote:
It was originally intended to be (like the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge - see attached) but was redesigned due to budget cuts. It's a traditional pier / beam structure with steel side panels and a double steel arch creating a faux suspension bridge. it's the Dallas way.... it's not who you are, it's what you look like. We may have the greatest proliferation of billboards advertising plastic surgeons and weight loss surgery of any major city in the U.S..
Thank you...this explains everything in all the questions I had as well ! LOL
Jul 6, 2015 06:29:27 #
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Jul 6, 2015 08:51:00 #
I actually like the bridge design. I'm not sure that the aesthetics are worth 74 million. however we do this kind of stuff in Houston also. Your shots are very well taken
Jul 6, 2015 12:12:49 #
ajohnston3 wrote:
It was originally intended to be (like the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge - see attached) but was redesigned due to budget cuts. It's a traditional pier / beam structure with steel side panels and a double steel arch creating a faux suspension bridge. it's the Dallas way.... it's not who you are, it's what you look like. We may have the greatest proliferation of billboards advertising plastic surgeons and weight loss surgery of any major city in the U.S..
LOL! I'll have to pass on this great bargain this time... :lol:
Jul 6, 2015 12:35:51 #
usn ret wrote:
It does not sound bad if you say is reeeeaaal fast and it is someone else's money. Are those high water marks on the portable offices and the shipping container? You did have some rain recently?? A nice series. TFS Cliff
Indeed! :) And yes those are high water marks.... Special attempts were made to prevent flooding in this area due to the construction but they still lost a lot of equipment due to the high water. I'm sure replacement costs will be added to the final bill!!! :) :) :) It got a LOT worse elsewhere. In the shot I posted of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, the Trinity is normally less than 20 feet wide at the bottom of a dry levee bottom....
Jul 6, 2015 12:37:21 #
TucsonCoyote wrote:
Thank you...this explains everything in all the questions I had as well ! LOL
It's a wacky world we live in!! :)
Jul 6, 2015 12:40:07 #
djtravels wrote:
Just something else designed "by committee". We pay for it, right?
There's truth in them there words, amigo! :thumbup: :thumbup:
Jul 6, 2015 12:43:20 #
FrodoBaggins wrote:
I actually like the bridge design. I'm not sure that the aesthetics are worth 74 million. however we do this kind of stuff in Houston also. Your shots are very well taken
I DO like the design.... I'm just kind of stuck in a kind of 'Cache 22' rationale. Hope you came out ok on the flooding there a few weeks ago...
Jul 6, 2015 12:43:20 #
FrodoBaggins wrote:
I actually like the bridge design. I'm not sure that the aesthetics are worth 74 million. however we do this kind of stuff in Houston also. Your shots are very well taken
I DO like the design.... I'm just kind of stuck in a kind of 'Cache 22' rationale. Hope you came out ok on the flooding there a few weeks ago...
Jul 6, 2015 12:45:39 #
photophile wrote:
LOL! I'll have to pass on this great bargain this time... :lol:
Kind of like the 'bargain' you get at the furniture store that's always having a sale!
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