[ADob]

"Hey, Jim, are you sure you measured the span distance correctly?"

"Wait, did you mean inches or centimetres?"

 

[ADob]

"Wait, did you mean inches or centimetres?"

My dad, who has a PhD in engineering and worked until retirement at the Ontario Hydro nuclear power plant, literally had that happen to him. Not once, either.

 

[Airboy]

My dad, who has a PhD in engineering and worked until retirement at the Ontario Hydro nuclear power plant, literally had that happen to him. Not once, either.

cool I was on Darlington for a year, Units 1 and 2

 

[archited]

When it comes to inches vs centimeters, I sometimes prefer one over the other.

 

[ADob]

cool I was on Darlington for a year, Units 1 and 2

He was at Bruce.

 

[Rebourn]

Looks like there will be at least eight beams installed, judging by how much of the bridge width was used for the first three.

 

[Glenco]

 

[TagYEG]

Saw two of the beams coming up QE2 on Monday and wasn't sure what they were for... now I know.

 

[archited]

It looks like that simple span is going to be wide enough for an 8-lane expressway.

 

[ADob]

Let's hope active users get a wee bit of that space. As much as I loved the look of the old bridge, it was an uncomfortable bottleneck on the Oliverbahn.

 

[riker]

Let's hope active users get a wee bit of that space. As much as I loved the look of the old bridge, it was an uncomfortable bottleneck on the Oliverbahn.

Here is the bridge cross section

4.2m shared use path on the north side

 

[Wax]

2.2m of shoulders wow…

 

[ntt1]

Here is the bridge cross section

4.2m shared use path on the north side

I believe that is similar to the east path on the Groat Rd bridge south of Victoria Park Road, for reference.