12-07-2025, 08:01 AM
The bridge demo went really smooth tonight, it would not be surprising if the expressway opens early, unsurprisingly PDI is the demo contractor (it was either going to be them or York1).
They closed the highway at 10pm, by 2:30am the bridge was gone save for the bottom half of the columns which were buried in the rubble pile.
At about 3:30am they started moving rubble to the grass section between the Edna ramps.
At 4:15am they took a coffee break and started back up at 4:30.
By 6:30 they were starting to remove the protective sand in the northbound collectors to prep it for street sweeping.
In total they have 3 rock trucks, 3 front end loaders that are PDIs and 10 excavators from a variety of manufacturers (Volvo, Komatsu, Case, CAT). There's a couple machines that are Limen's (GC) and there's a few front end loaders that may be PDIs but I couldn't get close enough to tell. The largest excavator they had is a CAT 374F, generally used in mining or large site grading projects, just for a comparison on how large that machine is you have to take it apart to transport it legally down the highway. The largest you tend to see on road reconstructions are CAT 336s (or equivalent) you can see bigger machines but it isn't all that common.
I had to leave around 6:30 am due to prior commitments so I didn't see them finish but I did get some pictures, they're the best I could get without going into fenced off areas and the fact it was dark, but I'll post them once I sleep a little.
They closed the highway at 10pm, by 2:30am the bridge was gone save for the bottom half of the columns which were buried in the rubble pile.
At about 3:30am they started moving rubble to the grass section between the Edna ramps.
At 4:15am they took a coffee break and started back up at 4:30.
By 6:30 they were starting to remove the protective sand in the northbound collectors to prep it for street sweeping.
In total they have 3 rock trucks, 3 front end loaders that are PDIs and 10 excavators from a variety of manufacturers (Volvo, Komatsu, Case, CAT). There's a couple machines that are Limen's (GC) and there's a few front end loaders that may be PDIs but I couldn't get close enough to tell. The largest excavator they had is a CAT 374F, generally used in mining or large site grading projects, just for a comparison on how large that machine is you have to take it apart to transport it legally down the highway. The largest you tend to see on road reconstructions are CAT 336s (or equivalent) you can see bigger machines but it isn't all that common.
I had to leave around 6:30 am due to prior commitments so I didn't see them finish but I did get some pictures, they're the best I could get without going into fenced off areas and the fact it was dark, but I'll post them once I sleep a little.