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March 2012 (part 2)
Monday 5th
Harbour Office road seen from across the creek. (H.O. on the left.)
Setting up more west side uprights. (More detail below.)
Moving the masons' bags of stone blocks away from this part of Harbour Office road..
Tue 6th Mar
First part of a reinforced concrete area laid down in Harbour Office road.
Bridge deck, west side blocks and uprights...
...checking alignment.
Safety caps on rebar protrusions from blocks
Wed 7th Mar
About to put another wedge in place
Positioning a curved wedge, west side
Thu 8th Mar
North end panorama
SW corner of bridge deck
Steelwork delivered to bridge deck...
North end - new infill, and a sweep up before...
...finishing the concrete coating of black paint
Preparing Harbour Office road for new surface.
Finished with crane, for now...
A closer look at the steel work delivery.
Fri 9th Mar
Steelwork assembly under way.
Optical illusion? If this rebar assembly looks tapered to you, tell yourself the right-hand end is nearer to the camera!
The rebar assembly is interlinked with the side block rebars.
More rebar swings in over north end
More infilling at north end...
Compacting the north end infill
Upper causeway - more rebar waits to be used on deck
Sat 10th Mar
Mon 12th Mar
The steelwork continues...
Each length of rebar is linked to others with twists of wire, to ensure nothing moves when the concrete is poured.
Harbour Office road
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