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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I'm not sure what kind of measuring tools you are using, but in Google maps I get different numbers. For instance, you can't take the diagonal and say it's the same as the centre street bridge, because your landing point is way up the hill. And If I use best case on the curved line, it's about 375m.
Anyway, I'd be surprised if they didn't start the bridge before the path. If they start at Barclay Street they get 60-70m of rise before the path, which isn't much different than the NW LRT over the river.
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Measurement and distance is irrelevant. The lines I drew are all equal. If it was a bridge for ants instead, they would all be the same length.
The straight run lands higher up the hill yes, but the proposed map released shows curved ends to the bridge which reduces the landing closer to where center street meets 2nd ave NE. The whole bridge could potentially be one full arc like Calatrava’s example Table 5 posted.
If it begins to rise further south, how do you handle the entrance to Barclay Parade, the residential parkade entrance and the uproar from the Parkside residents now looking out to an elevated concrete structure.
There’s roughly 150 feet between the path and the residential parkade entrance. I believe maximum grade is 5-6%. At 6% the track would only be 9 feet above the path, then account for concrete structure underneath. The path will have to be depressed, which I suppose they can do.