On Friday, 1/8, the foundations for the bridge abutments were poured. Access to the location of the 1st bridge was the most difficult and concrete had to be brought in with a skip loader. But even the skip loader could only get to the abutment on the east side of the stream.
Access is so limited on the west side that the only thing small enough is a Bobcat. The Bobcat scooped concrete from the skip loader and took it to the other side of the streambed. Doesn't it look like a baby bird being fed by its mommy or daddy?
And here is the Bobcat putting concrete into the form for the west abutment for the 1st pedestrian bridge.
The other bridges are MUCH more accessible, and the cement mixer was able to drive down the stream corridor and pour straight into the forms. The photo above shows concrete being poured into the form for the east abutment for bridge #5. The crew member on the right is vibrating the concrete so it will fill the form evenly and bond strongly to the rebar. The photo below shows the mason getting the concrete smooth and level.
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