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View Poll Results: When will the ring road be completed?
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1-3 years
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4-7 years
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7-10 years
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10-20 years
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Never
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08-28-2024, 01:26 AM
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#5481
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Crash and Bang Winger
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How is it that a dozen bridges in BC can get destroyed in the floods and rebuilt in like 6 months but they have been working on that one ####ty bridge for 10 years and it's still not done?
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08-28-2024, 09:20 AM
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#5482
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First Line Centre
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Just drove it this morning, both sides are open but two lanes each way. Still a vast improvement from before though
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08-28-2024, 09:55 AM
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#5483
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. George's, Grenada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skootenbeeten
How is it that a dozen bridges in BC can get destroyed in the floods and rebuilt in like 6 months but they have been working on that one ####ty bridge for 10 years and it's still not done?
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10 years? They started that bridge like, 10 months ago
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08-28-2024, 10:19 AM
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#5484
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In the Sin Bin
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skootenbeeten
How is it that a dozen bridges in BC can get destroyed in the floods and rebuilt in like 6 months but they have been working on that one ####ty bridge for 10 years and it's still not done?
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I'm sure it's already been brought up, but pretty much this exact scenario manifested when it was first built too. It's a cursed bridge that's in groundhog day.
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08-28-2024, 11:44 AM
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#5485
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Violating Copyrights
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Quote:
Originally Posted by btimbit
10 years? They started that bridge like, 10 months ago
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The whole area's been a mess forever.
The bridge that 'opened' yesterday started construction in 2010 along with twinning 22x, 52nd st, McKenzie Lake, Sun Valley interchanges and all opened in late 2013.
While not specifically the Bow River bridge, 22x saw lane restrictions to deal with demolition and construction of the Mcleod Trail interchanges from 2017 to 2021 constantly causing traffic backups.
Eastbound demolition started in spring 2021 and opened in Oct 2023 and all traffic shifted to the eastbound to extend the westbound bridge.
Late 90's early 2000's lights were added the road was twinned; 4 lanes squeezed onto the old bridge. It's been pretty much a construction zone since I graduated from high School in 1998.
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08-28-2024, 02:08 PM
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#5486
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Barnes
The whole area's been a mess forever.
The bridge that 'opened' yesterday started construction in 2010 along with twinning 22x, 52nd st, McKenzie Lake, Sun Valley interchanges and all opened in late 2013.
While not specifically the Bow River bridge, 22x saw lane restrictions to deal with demolition and construction of the Mcleod Trail interchanges from 2017 to 2021 constantly causing traffic backups.
Eastbound demolition started in spring 2021 and opened in Oct 2023 and all traffic shifted to the eastbound to extend the westbound bridge.
Late 90's early 2000's lights were added the road was twinned; 4 lanes squeezed onto the old bridge. It's been pretty much a construction zone since I graduated from high School in 1998.
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This is exactly why:
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Originally Posted by GGG
They also announced that rehabilitation work on the eastbound bridge will commence Oct 3rd 2024 so all traffic will be re-routed to the westbound bridge. This work is expected to be complete August 2026.
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is so believable. Haha.
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08-28-2024, 02:27 PM
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#5487
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First Line Centre
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So in conclusion, is that stupid bridge fully opened yet?
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08-28-2024, 02:31 PM
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#5488
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lazypucker
So in conclusion, is that stupid bridge fully opened yet?
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Possibly but blink and you could miss it being open.
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08-28-2024, 03:22 PM
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#5489
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. George's, Grenada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Barnes
The whole area's been a mess forever.
The bridge that 'opened' yesterday started construction in 2010 along with twinning 22x, 52nd st, McKenzie Lake, Sun Valley interchanges and all opened in late 2013.
While not specifically the Bow River bridge, 22x saw lane restrictions to deal with demolition and construction of the Mcleod Trail interchanges from 2017 to 2021 constantly causing traffic backups.
Eastbound demolition started in spring 2021 and opened in Oct 2023 and all traffic shifted to the eastbound to extend the westbound bridge.
Late 90's early 2000's lights were added the road was twinned; 4 lanes squeezed onto the old bridge. It's been pretty much a construction zone since I graduated from high School in 1998.
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I know, I just like responding to over-the-top hyperbole with over-the-top 'technically correct' comments.
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08-28-2024, 04:13 PM
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#5490
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by btimbit
I know, I just like responding to over-the-top hyperbole with over-the-top 'technically correct' comments.
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Funny thing is it is pretty close to 10 years. Closer to the truth then over the top hyerbole. 5 years ago I would not have thought that portion would have been the last portion of the ring road to get done.
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08-28-2024, 04:14 PM
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#5491
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. George's, Grenada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbob
Funny thing is it is pretty close to 10 years. Closer to the truth then over the top hyerbole. 5 years ago I would not have thought that portion would have been the last portion of the ring road to get done.
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3 is close to 10?
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08-28-2024, 04:26 PM
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#5492
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by btimbit
3 is close to 10?
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Way more that 3, maybe that particular bridge. I lived in Sundance until 2021, it was a mess for a few years prior. Like the poster said, going back to 2017.
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08-28-2024, 04:43 PM
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#5493
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First Line Centre
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When will it actually be done for real?
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08-28-2024, 05:15 PM
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#5494
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Calgary14
When will it actually be done for real?
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August 2026, barring any delays.
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08-28-2024, 05:45 PM
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#5495
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbob
Way more that 3, maybe that particular bridge. I lived in Sundance until 2021, it was a mess for a few years prior. Like the poster said, going back to 2017.
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Wasn’t that mess previously unrelated to the bridge?
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08-28-2024, 05:49 PM
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#5496
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Franchise Player
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If there were ever a bridge with trolls living under it, it’d definitely be this one. And btimbit would deny their existence.
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08-28-2024, 05:52 PM
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#5497
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. George's, Grenada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Wasn’t that mess previously unrelated to the bridge?
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yeah, like 5km down the road as part of a completely different project
Quote:
Originally Posted by cam_wmh
If there were ever a bridge with trolls living under it, it’d definitely be this one. And btimbit would deny their existence.
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Those are just filthy homeless bums
tbf if I was homeless I'd totally camp in fish creek. Screw downtown alleys
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09-03-2024, 02:29 PM
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#5498
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First Line Centre
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How many more days/weeks/months till they can get an extra eastbound 22x lane open?
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09-03-2024, 03:23 PM
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#5499
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rohara66
How many more days/weeks/months till they can get an extra eastbound 22x lane open?
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You didn't mention "years".  It'll be about 2 more years while they refurbish the old one, so the new bridge will share both directions of traffic for a while, so I think that 2 lanes each way is all they can fit for now.
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09-03-2024, 03:26 PM
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#5500
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
You didn't mention "years". It'll be about 2 more years while they refurbish the old one, so the new bridge will share both directions of traffic for a while, so I think that 2 lanes each way is all they can fit for now. |
And when that is done, they'll shut down the new EB bridge because it will need to be refurbished.  It's like printing your own money if you're that contractor!
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