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Originally Posted by Nyah
So I'm thinking it's probably a good time to do that Costco run I've been procrastinating about. That damage is insane. What was the repair time/turnaround when HWY 1 was washed out in 2013 by Canmore? BC's repairs are going to be far, far more difficult but hopefully the main roads can get patched up to allow at least some traffic soon. Yikes.
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Hwy 1 at Canmore didn’t wash out any bridges. It was also summer time, so long hours of daylight, and no frozen ground.
I think they had it operating to some extent within a couple days.
For the coquihalla, there appears to be 5-6? Bridges washed out, the days are short, the ground could be frozen, and because it’s destroyed in multiple places, you may have to somewhat fix one area before you can even get the proper equipment in to fix the next one. Dealing with winter snow when doing that kind of work is a nightmare.
For highway 1, for example where the rail and highway crossed on those pictures, I don’t even know where to begin. How do you fill in that much dirt on the steep slope and have it stable? Especially in winter?
They may have to remove that rail bridge and rebuild, the foundations are undermined.
I’ve seen other pictures of the train tracks just hanging in the air for a a couple hundred feet, you almost have to build a new bridge instead if trying to fill it back in.
There’s lot of experts that would know much more than I would, but if I had to guess, temporary, reduced access on #5 in a month, full restoration of lanes in a year.
If I had to guess, temporary access on Hwy 1 maybe by summer, full restoration of lanes in 3 years.