Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton

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I had meant to say earlier @Kaizen "beautiful pics" -- I almost felt like I was there, looking around for the site boss to see if I could lend a helping hand (I am very adept at pointing at things). I know that it is not possible to fall in love with a bridge, but this one is beginning to stir my emotions -- I mean look at that span -- when finished I would like to ride that train over and over and over just to connect to the bridge.

 

[Airboy]

New Churchill Station Connector steel is going up.

 

[_Citizen_Dane_]

^I'd have to imagine changes are being made to the concourse level of the current station design-wise, right? Do we have any idea what it'll look like inside once it's done?

 

[Airboy]

There was lots of hording down on the lower level.

 

[ronron]

You can watch them construct the canopy portion, pseudo real-time, here: https://www.epl.ca/milner-library/

 

[Daveography]

Taking Shape During COVID: Valley Line Southeast update 5 - Transforming Edmonton

Here’s your latest look at construction on the Valley Line Southeast. But safety first. TransEd, the City’s partner on the project, has implemented all public health orders and recommended safety measures to protect workers against COVID-19. The sheer size of the Valley Line Southeast (over 13...

transforming.edmonton.ca

 

[Kaizen]

This past Saturday

 

[quit]

The old pedestrian bridge on Connors Road is now gone. New one is going up this weekend.

 

[MCXavierL]

Connors Road without a pedestrian bridge. Wife driving.

 

[quit]

There are probably 4 large mobile crane trucks on Connors Road now getting setup for the weekend install.

 

[chrisvazquez7]

Some updates from Mill Woods.

Grey Nuns Stop has the first sign of a canopy installed! It’s very exciting! ?

And the crossovers just before Mills Woods stop are essentially complete.

And finally a look at the Mills Woods Stop itself.

 

[Coolstar]

Some updates from Mill Woods.

Grey Nuns Stop has the first sign of a canopy installed! It’s very exciting! ?

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And the crossovers just before Mills Woods stop are essentially complete.

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And finally a look at the Mills Woods Stop itself.

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Impressive progress! We have our first shelters done at one of our surface section stations on the Eglinton Crosstown.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1265288092971347974

 

[danimori]

Great photos! Will be interesting to see how those station platform widths hold up in a post Covid world.

 

[Daveography]

@danimori Unless things go really south again, COVID should be a much lower concern by the time the Valley Line in revenue service.

 

[quit]

In the future, we will just all wear hazmat suits around anyways.