Other construction activities completed the week of June 9 included:

• Installing pre-cast concrete segments to form the main span of the bridge. Workers will have installed 38 of the 120 total segments by the end of today–32 on the south side (above) and six on the north side. The Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam has been reopened to boat traffic during the day.
• Completing the final deck pour for Span 3 on the north side of the river.
• Completing the first of three deck pours for the Second Street Bridge.

• Placing up to six segments a day to extend the main span across the Mississippi. Crews will be placing segments on both sides of the river, working toward the middle, with a closure pour anticipated in early July.
• Pouring the concrete for the webs and soffits (sides and bottoms) of Span 4, which will connect Span 3 with Abutment 5 on the north side of the project.
• Dismantling the casting yard in preparation for breaking up the old roadway so that it can be graded and paved.
• Paving 14th Avenue South.
• Continuing the bridge deck concrete pours for the 2nd Street
  Bridge on the north side of the project.
• Building cast-in-place retaining walls for the University Avenue
  on- and off-ramps.
• Grading and other preparation for paving Second Street, the on/off ramps at University Avenue and the stretch of highway from University to Fourth Street Southeast (paving in these areas is scheduled to begin the week of June 23).

Potential Noise and Light Impacts

• Crews will continue the demolition of the old road bed on I-35W on the south side of the river. This work involves the use of equipment to break up the old roadway so it can be rebuilt. As a result, significant thumping noise may occur. This work will take place between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. and could last until June 23.
• As grading and other “dirt work” activities continue on the south side of the project, backup alarms may be noticeable in that area.
• Crews are working night shifts seven days a week on both sides of the river as well as in the casting yard. Lights may be noticeable between 5:30 p.m. and 4 a.m.

Potential Traffic Impacts

 

As the project progresses, residents and commuters may encounter activities that will affect traffic in the area. In particular:

• Crews will periodically close 13th Avenue South from the casting yard entrance to West River Parkway (above) as they transport pre-cast segments to the river. Hauling operations will take place between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. intermittently until the end of June. The road will close for up to 10 minutes each time a segment is moved.
• Construction traffic will continue in the vicinity of the site. Some of the streets affected include Second Street Southeast (between 11th Avenue Southeast and Sixth Avenue Southeast), First Street South and 19th Avenue South, Bluff Street (between I-35W and 13th Avenue South), and Second Street South (between 13th Avenue South and 11th Avenue South).