On my way out to Dundas Valley today, I came across some workers on the deck of the replacement bridge at Binkley Hollow. I was thinking to myself, "when is this thing ever going to be open again?"
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| Pedestrians and cyclists using the detour around the bridge, with workers on the bridge, October 3, 2012 |
We are still waiting for the final supply of lumber for the bridge deck. This is special order material and the supplier recently informed us it would still be another week before it will be delivered to us. After we receive the lumber, there is about two days work for our construction crew to finish the bridge and get it back open to the public. It is a priority job to finish but we cannot finish until the lumber arrives.On my way back from Dundas Valley today, I was greeted by an open bridge, the barriers having been removed in the hour or so I was in the valley. I crossed on my bicycle for the first time in a long time (15 months).
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| The replacement deck stands on steel supports. |
So while it appears they are still waiting for some lumber to finish one section of the railings, they got the bridge back in working order by having a temporary fence on the unfinished section of the side rails and removing the barricades at each end of the bridge. Freshly packed sand makes the transition from trail to bridge a smooth one.
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| View from bridge looking south-west, October 3, 2012 |
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