Removing the detour is the next thing to do.

Paving the second to last layer of pavement is complete,
and the bridge is open.

We will now be working on removing the temporary
bridge and rebuilding Prince Street.

The first of two lifts of pavement is being paved

today. The top lift will be paved next June.

This machine is called a cold planer. It's here to

plane the hotmix surface in the areas where the

old hotmix meets the new to create a smooth

transition.

Installing the membrane on the deck of the bridge.

The membrane is a sheet of waterproof material that

looks a lot like asphalt roof shingle. The machine

heats the asphalt material and melts the sheet to

the deck. The surface is a stone type grit to protect

asphalt material until it gets paved (Wednesday).

There is a lot going on today.

Winterset working on the final segment of Texas Rail on the abutement.

Winterset working on Cumberland Farms driveway.

Gendron working on Cumberland Farms curb and sidewalk.

AD Rossi installing the deck membrane.

Installing some of the project drainage system

on the south end of the project.

Three of the six lights were installed today.

Working on landscaping the Cumberland Farms

sidewalk area.

Working on the sidewalks on the south end
of the bridge.

Working on landscaping in front of Cumberland Farms

The Last Section of the downstream side of the
concrete bridge rail was completed. The two
end pieces that don't have window slots are still
not done

Center Pilaster of the Texas Rail.

Working on the roadway concrete sidewalk.

The bridge crew placed the 5th- 33' segment of

Concrete 'Texas Rail' today, one more and the

right side will be done.

working on the 'rubbing' part of the Texas Rail.
This is an all day process for four people to hand
rub the day old concrete to remove the bubbles
and imperfections for a 33' section.

We still have to keep the rail wet during the
rubbing process. One guy spends the day moving
around burlap and keeping the uncovered portions wet.

The rest of the crew continues to form the
upcoming rail segments. The roadway crew is
still working of sidewalk prepartion and granite
curbing.

Here is the first look at the Texas Rail.

FR Lafayette was here today installing granite

curb for the face of sidewalk in the roadway part

of the project.

Forming the "Texas Rail" bridge railing. The wood

blocks will be the windows through the rail.

I did not reduce the image size, so double click on the picture

to open it in a larger format.

To see a picture of what Texas Rail looks like when

it's complete, scroll to the bottom of the page left side.

Paving the 5" of base course. This was a long day
of difficult paving. The traffic was very heavy, slowing
the progress down, which blocked the traffic, which slowed
the paving, which blocked the traffic....etc..