September 21 Third Avenue Bridge Project Photos by Doug Verdier

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

Work continues on many areas of the Third Avenue Bridge project. This past week saw an excavator scooping up crushed rock from the riverbed below the Horseshoe Falls. The rock apparently had been deposited by the river and falls flow over the past several years and had formed something like a peninsula out into the stream. Once the rock was piled into mounds, it was scooped up by a clamshell attached to a crane and lifted to the bridge deck above. The excavator also was lowered and raised to and from the work site by crane. An interesting operation to watch over a few days.