05-18-2021, 04:17 PM
I have a good view and a daily walk past the Downtown Grid construction going on on Joseph so I thought I'd post a few photos. It's very exciting, and moving pretty fast.
Today they put in some curbs.
As you can see, they are roll curbs, but they are still pretty high (of course, we'll see what the final asphalt level will be). I think this has to do with the limited width, but I'm not an engineer. Other curbs where the road is wider are being built as barrier curbs though.
Curb forming machines are cool, but umm....they're still pretty slow. I wonder how they compare with setting pre-formed curb stones. I am also surprised that they can form curbs of different profiles, given that some of the other curbs being built are formed by hand (and I do mean by hand, men with trowels were shaping the concrete against a single sided wooden form).
Here you can see the wider curbs, which are indeed barrier curbs. The sidewalk divergence is a bit of a shame but they've done a nice job merging it into the constraints that exist. Also, this is the curb that was hand formed...you can't even tell.
Today they put in some curbs.
As you can see, they are roll curbs, but they are still pretty high (of course, we'll see what the final asphalt level will be). I think this has to do with the limited width, but I'm not an engineer. Other curbs where the road is wider are being built as barrier curbs though.
Curb forming machines are cool, but umm....they're still pretty slow. I wonder how they compare with setting pre-formed curb stones. I am also surprised that they can form curbs of different profiles, given that some of the other curbs being built are formed by hand (and I do mean by hand, men with trowels were shaping the concrete against a single sided wooden form).
Here you can see the wider curbs, which are indeed barrier curbs. The sidewalk divergence is a bit of a shame but they've done a nice job merging it into the constraints that exist. Also, this is the curb that was hand formed...you can't even tell.