The Familia
Active Member
Ugh...could they pick the most boring and ugly bridges to construct? How about a cool cable stay bridge, or something?
I wonder what the gradient is. Been thinking a lot about whether could get it to 5.5 m above the road surface.
A stargate at the north end of Eau Claire Station and a gate at the south end of 9 Avenue Station? The perfect bridge.
But then we run the risk of catastrophe![]()
That actually gave me an idea lol. Could run the train underneath the Centre St. Bridge where the 2 traffic lanes exist. It'd require strengthening and a relocation of the Eau Claire station to somewhere like 3rd Ave 1st SW, but it's doable.
It may be ugly, but it still scored higher than the current option of the new bridge. Centre Street got two checks for Fiscal Capacity and Sustainable Development, while the new bridge (plus running at grade south of 16th Ave) option only got one for Fiscal Capacity. Both got strikes for Community Well-being, Transportation, Urban and Neighborhood Development, Feasibility+Deliverability and Stakeholders.Looking at that makes me nauseous.![]()
Isn't the at grade on Centre option doing the same thing with Center Street to the north? If so, why would the bridge need to be widened, if those lanes are being removed already on Center Street long before the bridge?If I remember correctly the problem with putting the line on the Centre Street Bridge was that it would take up two and a half of the four lanes and would as a result require the bridge to be widened
I think Centre Street N is wider than the bridge is today. If not it can easily be widened no?Isn't the at grade on Centre option doing the same thing with Center Street to the north? If so, why would the bridge need to be widened, if those lanes are being removed already on Center Street long before the bridge?
It should be the same.Isn't the at grade on Centre option doing the same thing with Center Street to the north? If so, why would the bridge need to be widened, if those lanes are being removed already on Center Street long before the bridge?