Sound Barrier Construction Photos
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| February 2010 |
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Western end of sound walls near Hiatus Road. |
Sound walls nearing completion near Hiatus Road. |
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Sidewalk and asphalt grading adjacent to sound wall between Nob Hill Road and Hiatus Road. |
Duratek placing a panel for the sound wall just east of Hiatus Road. |
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Dragados and Anzac preparing for piles to be driven. |
3 piles driven on End Bent 2 for Bridge 202 east of Nob Hill Road. |
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| January 2010 |
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Zoomed in view of panel installation operation taken from just west of Nob Hill Road. |
Sound Wall looking west from Nob Hill Road intersection. |
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Looking at the wall section adjacent to Hiatus Road. |
Looking at bottom panels for sound walls placed all the way to Hiatus Road. |
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Duratek crew verifying post height prior to placement of panels. |
Duratek crew measuring before placing panels. |
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| December 2009 |
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Bottom row panelplacement, Posts 154 to 149. |
Showing the placed sound wall panels through Post 156. |
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West view of the remaining panels to be placed, between Post 156 and Post 1. |
Looking east from the south bank of the North New River Canal at completed sound wall panels. |
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Placing Post 166, the final post for the installation of the sound wall. |
Placement of the bottom panels of the sound wall. |
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Bottom panel design, viewed from the south bank of the North New River Canal. |
Another view of the designs on the sound wall's bottom panels. |
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Zoomed-in view of completed posts, looking towards Hiatus Road. |
Revised rebar cage for 37-foot hole at Post 166. |
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Post 161 and rebar cage waiting for installation. |
Augering Post 161. |
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Sound wall operation, looking from the south bank of the North New River Canal. |
General view of the completed auger cast posts, looking east. |
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Sound barrier panels on delivery truck. |
Sound wall construction in progress, looking west towards Hiatus Road. |
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| November 2009 |
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Truck providing grout for holes at Posts 161 and 166. |
Survey crew onsite verifying alignment and height of previously placed posts. |
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Ongoing augering operation with adjacent pile placement. |
Heavy equipment being used in preparation of startup activivities. |
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General view from the south bank of the North New River Canal at the sound wall construction site. |
Looking at auger cast piles and rebar cages stored and ready for placement. |
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| October 2009 |
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Auger cast placed - taken from the most eastern location on the west side of Nob Hill Road. |
Looking west, showing the trees between the auger cast piles and the existing FPL overhead lines. |
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Photo taken from the south bank of the North New River Canal of ongoing auger cast placement. |
Survey crew for the auger cast operation. |
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Looking west from Nob Hill Road. |
Taken from the south side of the North New River Canal, looking at placed auger cast piles. 70 piles have been placed as of 10-02-09. |
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| September 2009 |
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Auger cast equipment in operation for sound wall construction. |
Rebar cage assembly. |
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Auger piles stored on-site and piles in place. |
Gulf Coast Rebar assembling the required reinforcement cage for placement into the augered hole. |
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Equipment for the construction of the sound wall, located west of Nob Hill Road. |
Crew ensuring the plumbness of the auger pile. |