June 1, 2007 started road construction on Dupont from 57th to 73rd. This has been our view for several weeks. The project is supposed to be over before November when it gets too cold to work.
Looks like dirt but the giant asphalt eating machine ground up all the street surface and the dirt below and mixed it up. Then they leveled it out and compacted it (several times) with the giant vibrating steam roller. This shook the whole house so much that I thought it was going to crack.
The part of the project from 57th to 67th was only for resurfacing the road and spot replacing sidewalk and curb. But what has happened was everyone got a new gas line, they replaced all the fire hydrants and pipes and all the storm sewer (but we do not have a storm sewer on my block so we did not end up with piles of old storm sewer pipes in front of the house). The main part of the project is from 67th to 73rd where the water main, storm sewer will be replaced - that means they will be digging down about 10 feet, and they will be widening the road and adding curb to both sides and sidewalk on one side only.
As you can see, every intersection is being narrowed to 33 feet but the rest of the street is 44 feet. This is to give the illusion that it is a narrow road and slow traffic. A lot of cars are already going 40-50 MPH, including some buses, so we will see if this is true (no more passing on the right, which is illegal anyway).
Better shot of the new curbing. I have a question. If they are resurfacing the asphalt, that usually means they grind off some of it and throw it away and put new asphalt down. But here they ground it all up and packed it all down, so it is the same height as the old road - NO ROOM FOR ANY NEW STUFF.
How do you like my new car? Have to park it in the street because there is not room in the driveway. Does not go very fast but people don't get in my way very often. Since Dupont is completely baracaded at 57th and Lilac Dr (63rd) the only way we can access our house it to drive through the neighborhood, either Colfax or Emerson. That way we are still able to use the bridge - so far.
Looks like dirt but the giant asphalt eating machine ground up all the street surface and the dirt below and mixed it up. Then they leveled it out and compacted it (several times) with the giant vibrating steam roller. This shook the whole house so much that I thought it was going to crack.
The part of the project from 57th to 67th was only for resurfacing the road and spot replacing sidewalk and curb. But what has happened was everyone got a new gas line, they replaced all the fire hydrants and pipes and all the storm sewer (but we do not have a storm sewer on my block so we did not end up with piles of old storm sewer pipes in front of the house). The main part of the project is from 67th to 73rd where the water main, storm sewer will be replaced - that means they will be digging down about 10 feet, and they will be widening the road and adding curb to both sides and sidewalk on one side only.
As you can see, every intersection is being narrowed to 33 feet but the rest of the street is 44 feet. This is to give the illusion that it is a narrow road and slow traffic. A lot of cars are already going 40-50 MPH, including some buses, so we will see if this is true (no more passing on the right, which is illegal anyway).
Better shot of the new curbing. I have a question. If they are resurfacing the asphalt, that usually means they grind off some of it and throw it away and put new asphalt down. But here they ground it all up and packed it all down, so it is the same height as the old road - NO ROOM FOR ANY NEW STUFF.
How do you like my new car? Have to park it in the street because there is not room in the driveway. Does not go very fast but people don't get in my way very often. Since Dupont is completely baracaded at 57th and Lilac Dr (63rd) the only way we can access our house it to drive through the neighborhood, either Colfax or Emerson. That way we are still able to use the bridge - so far.
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Hopefully the project will be done on time and no damage done to the pretty new curbing since there is no room for new stuff. It must be pretty dusty around your place right now.
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