photobug56 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 3:02 pm 2025, or 2525?<insert obvious song joke here />
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west point wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 11:04 pm It will be informative if riders NYP <> Newark will give us observed construction progress.Here you go, no account required:
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What were we actually seeing?
pumpers wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 7:21 am Paul, thanks for clearing up the Amtrak part of the funding issue. $261 M does seem like a lot for "tie-in" though, even considering signalling upgrades for the higher speed, but I'm not in the business. JSLooks like the entire length of track including the bridge is 2.36 miles. so about 100M/mile, which seems to be par for the course for American construction projects per https://www.constructiondive.com/news/u ... es/605599/.
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photobug56 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 3:44 pm What were we actually seeing??? did you look at the video?
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Next stop, Willoughby
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I watched the video, scenes from what looked like a train window going past all sorts of things.
Well yes, I'm not sure how else you expect to see progress on Portal construction other than through a train window from a train going south/west on the NEC from Secaucus to Newark Penn. "All sorts of things" AKA construction of the new bridge and the new leads on the corridor.
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If you want, I can get some hip-waders and trek out there..... /sarcasm
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No thanks, just wanted to understand what was in the video.
I'm not a civil engineer, though some of the members of this forum are. Maybe they can provide more details. I didn't get a chance to jump off the train and ask the construction workers on the site what they were doing either.
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I think that if someone could add some explanations, the video would make a lot more sense - but thanks for providing the video.
Looks like most of the RoW is clear and they're working on the supports for the bridge itself. I'd say maybe two years away at this point?
Temporary access roads and viaducts into the swamp. I can see a few cofferdams prepared and serious pile driving for the east pier of the main span. There is still a lot of borings and demolition to go as you head west. Two years at a minimum is a good estimate STrRedWolf.