Sound Barrier Walls

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.
   
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.
   
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.
   
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.
 
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.
 
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.