Aerial photos of port mann + extras around vancouver
 

These photos were shared at work today. Taken from above, a nice perspective of projects (especially the port mann). Just thought I'd share.

http://i.imgur.com/TkcOa.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/X6Zbfh.jpg
Almost!

http://i.imgur.com/e7pdGh.jpg
By IKEA coquitlam, gives you an idea how wide the new highway will be

Full pictures here: gvrd_construction_2012-02-02_ken_radom - Imgur

Thanks for posting those pics, I take that way twice a day and it's interesting to see the ariel view.

No problem, I'm passing it twice a day as well but barely pay attention to it as I'm usually concentrating on the driving haha.

that new bridge is gonna be so sick to do some top speed runs at night

Good pictures. :bigthumb:

Thanks OP

So whats going to happen with the old bridge?

I see that shit all the time brah

damn that bridge looks really nice

Why the fail ilmatic? Jelly brah?

What a logistical nightmare it must have been trying to figure out how to keep the highway (mostly) operational while constructing an entirely new, er..., highway. I don't say this very often but I'm sure the guys in charge of all of that have earned their pay.

Good photos of all the work being done. It's alwas neat seeing things from a different perspective, especially when it's this big.

@gab
Yea im real jelly you cross the port mann all the time brah

so you fly a chopper?

demolished.

My statement doesn't imply me driving over it errday. But since you brought it up, I do.

Close brah

Lots of props goes to the people working on highway one right now. too many people give them shit for standing around or taking 4 years. Those people don't realize how much of a headache it is to build a road while keeping the current one open. you gotta do 90% of the paving at night and you can barely ever work in the rain, and you can only do certain sections before closing off other sections so you can work on them. If they could shut down the entire highway they could have had all the work done(excluding the bridge) in a year with their current work force.

exactly.



but none the less... inb4 'china could build in 3 weeks'

Well, they could. And being a command state certainly helps that cause. Gets shit done.

Its almost done! :ahwow: I had the chance to see the Fabrication process of it when CanRon received the project, surprisingly its a small shop (in comparison to other Fab shops) thats pumping out all those I Beams.

Projected to finish/open in early 2013 right?

sweet pics

You mean fall in three weeks........... j/k.

In the other thread, someone mentioned that it doesn't look like a 10 lane bridge deck.

From the air? Totally dwarfs the PM bridge.

oh! And who do I need to talk to for naming the new bridge with the portmanteau of port mann two?

(yes, I know thats not what the word actually means)

$2.4 billion bridge took me 1 min to complete

Kramer style VIP lanes. worth the $5 each way
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ker/bridge.jpg

:lol LOVE IT