Drill Bits and Dynamite....Part Twenty One....More Walls And Bridges

By Mike Pearson
Mostly Photos...a bit of commentary if I have anything to offer. I worked on the Segment One section in West Vancouver ( by far the best section...makes me feel sad for the other guys ) I photographed Seg 2 and 3 highway construction but don't know the details of what's going on..or what the individual jobs were called.
South end of Squamish


Brittania




















Segment 2 office was on top of the hill

The mud flow was from contractors working to improve the stream ( with permits ) we circled around a few times just irritate them...they stopped working and while we were there. I gave them a copy of the pictures later



Seg 1 ..just north of Cut 10



Seg 1...Cut 10...the South crash wall

Larsen Creek bridge Seg 1

Seg 1 Larsen Creek Bridge to Cut 5



Seg 1 Eagleridge Overpass

Seg 1 Cut 10 Digging and wall construction

Cut 10 Footing and walls


MSE wall at north end of Cut 10


MSE wall construction at the Larsen Creek/ Cut 6 area



Larsen Creek Bridge

Larsen Creek...Cut 6 in the background


Larsen Creek ...Cut 5 in the background




Project Manager Rick Berg talking to local Bruce McArthur





Rick Berg, Bruce McArthur and I think the enviro consultant



Seg 1  Cut 10..North crash wall

Seg 1 Cut 10 South crash wall...excavator and rock truck working on goat trail high above the tracks

Excavating out a blast...then the driller/blasters go in and work on the next go ahead shot


Larsen Creek

Larsen Creek to Cut 5

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