Here’s a news release from the Schuylkill River Parks Alliance that may be of considerable interest to this class. It’s tonight and tomorrow morning!
The delivery of the truss portion of the bicycle-pedestrian bridge that will span the CSX tracks between Locust and Spruce streets is supposed to be delivered overnight Wednesday, May 2nd into the early morning of Thursday, May 3rd. The Philadelphia Streets Department will use the Swift Reach telephone system to notify residents along the route. The contents of the message is below in italics.
Rockport, the contractor, expects that it will take approximately one hour to assemble the truss Thursday morning, then it is going to set the bridge into place between 8:30 AM and 9:00 AM.
The telephone Swift Reach message from the Streets Department:
Philadelphia Departments of Streets and Parks & Recreation is pleased to announce the delivery of the new Truss Bridge that will soon connect the Schuylkill River Park between Spruce and Pine Streets to the Schuylkill River Trail. Truss bridge is scheduled to arrive at the project site on late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning. Bridge will be escorted to the project site by Philadelphia Truck Enforcement unit and transported on two (2) oversized hauling trucks. In order to safely make the move, temporary parking restrictions will be posted along the trucking route, and will be effective from Wednesday, May 2nd at 10pm through Thursday, May 3rd at 7am. No parking signs will be posted at the intersections of Washington Avenue and 22nd Streets and 22nd and Locust Streets, as well as along Locust Street between 22nd and 25th Streets.
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