March 2022 Third Avenue Bridge Project Photos by Doug Verdier

Submitted by Doug Verdier, who continues to document the Third Avenue Bridge refurbishment project.

Work on the Third Avenue Bridge has continued despite sometimes bitter cold and snowy weather. These photos taken over the past couple of weeks show various stages of construction on different spans.

Platforms on the upstream underside of the span nearest to West River Road provide access to various parts of the structure that will be removed and replaced.

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The long grey “snorkel-like” apparatus transfers concrete from the blue cement mixer truck on the bridge down to the base of one of the bridge piers where it is directed into the brown forms (next to and beneath the orange tarps) where it will encase the new rebar that has been placed into the existing pier base to form the new outer concrete covering.

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A closer look at the filling of the concrete form at the base of the pier.