http://ivany.org/time-lapse-video-of-the-queensway-417-island-park-bridge-rapid-replacement-in-ottawa/ pseudorandomness with just a hint of sarcasm for flavour Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:06:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://ivany.org/time-lapse-video-of-the-queensway-417-island-park-bridge-rapid-replacement-in-ottawa/#comment-27483 Canadian Personal Finance Blog » Blog Archive » Executing a Financial Plan is like…. (Friday thoughts) Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:05:36 +0000 http://ivany.org/2007/08/13/time-lapse-video-of-the-queensway-417-island-park-bridge-rapid-replacement-in-ottawa/#comment-27483 [...] Time lapse of this entire Island Park Bridge Move project can be seen here as well. [...] [...] Time lapse of this entire Island Park Bridge Move project can be seen here as well. [...]

]]> http://ivany.org/time-lapse-video-of-the-queensway-417-island-park-bridge-rapid-replacement-in-ottawa/#comment-27325 Time lapse video of the Clyde Avenue Bridge Rapid Replacement at Ivany.org Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:13:23 +0000 http://ivany.org/2007/08/13/time-lapse-video-of-the-queensway-417-island-park-bridge-rapid-replacement-in-ottawa/#comment-27325 [...] On the weekend of August 2-3 2008, the Queensway (Highway 417) Clyde Avenue Bridge was replaced using a new rapid replacement method. This involved lifting the existing bridges out and replacing them with new bridges that had been prefabricated on a site nearby. The whole process of replacing the bridges could be completed in less than a day as compared to up to 2 years by regular methods. This is the same process that was used last year to replace the Island Park bridge. The MTO had a website with a webcam setup so people could watch the “action”. As I did last year, I grabbed the images from the website as the action was unfolding. The video below is the result of those images and allows you to see what happened. It’s not quite as “exciting” as the Island Park bridge move last year but at least this time the camera is reasonably static. [...] [...] On the weekend of August 2-3 2008, the Queensway (Highway 417) Clyde Avenue Bridge was replaced using a new rapid replacement method. This involved lifting the existing bridges out and replacing them with new bridges that had been prefabricated on a site nearby. The whole process of replacing the bridges could be completed in less than a day as compared to up to 2 years by regular methods. This is the same process that was used last year to replace the Island Park bridge. The MTO had a website with a webcam setup so people could watch the “action”. As I did last year, I grabbed the images from the website as the action was unfolding. The video below is the result of those images and allows you to see what happened. It’s not quite as “exciting” as the Island Park bridge move last year but at least this time the camera is reasonably static. [...]

]]> http://ivany.org/time-lapse-video-of-the-queensway-417-island-park-bridge-rapid-replacement-in-ottawa/#comment-15023 Marianne Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:06:44 +0000 http://ivany.org/2007/08/13/time-lapse-video-of-the-queensway-417-island-park-bridge-rapid-replacement-in-ottawa/#comment-15023 Pretty cool. Pretty cool.

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