Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton

Large swaths of 104Ave do seem behind schedule. Almost the end of August and most areas have sat untouched for weeks. They’re paving the new ride and sidewalks slowly westward, but it almost feels as if they have a single machine doing it, unable to work on multiple areas at once.
 
It looks like the greatest progress is along 87 Avenue, with the viaduct on its way to being complete. 156 Street is still under construction, and no track has been laid.
 
Big dump. Groat road bridge to west block area.

Looks like all sidewalks and roads are done and ready to open shortly. Although the Y intersection just east of west block is completely a mess and looks months away from reopening. Bridge still has a decent ways to go too to connect to road. Stations are clearly seen taking shape. Those red dividers for the stations are all along the track at orange hub, 156, meadowlark too.

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The_Cat said:
Wow, the first of the Valley Line West track!
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Well, it's something. Such a short section doesn't make sense.
How do your build the rest of the forms on either side with the rail sticking out?
Usually the sticks of rail are welded into longer ribbons, how would that work here?
I suspect this rail is a temporary installation. Perhaps testing something.
I find it interesting that there are pieces that look like rubber overhanging with the rail from the ends. Often times rubber flangeway fillers are used at grade crossings, and to me, that's what these look like as best as I can see, or something similar in the very least.
The VLSE's rail is held in place with an elastomeric grout that goes in liquid and solidifies.
So, yes technically the first rail installation, but I suspect it will be temporary until they build up around it.
 
EdwardEdm said:
Well, it's something. Such a short section doesn't make sense.
How do your build the rest of the forms on either side with the rail sticking out?
Usually the sticks of rail are welded into longer ribbons, how would that work here?
I suspect this rail is a temporary installation. Perhaps testing something.
I find it interesting that there are pieces that look like rubber overhanging with the rail from the ends. Often times rubber flangeway fillers are used at grade crossings, and to me, that's what these look like as best as I can see, or something similar in the very least.
The VLSE's rail is held in place with an elastomeric grout that goes in liquid and solidifies.
So, yes technically the first rail installation, but I suspect it will be temporary until they build up around it.
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They dowel into the concrete.

Yes, they termite weld the track together anyways.

They did something similar on 87 ave, just to test I would guess.

Icoset (the rubber) is used on all embedded track installation.
 
A
_urbanite said:
Oh great, more mulch instead of grass... Does somebody in City Admin own a mulch company or something? Seriously, they're laying this stuff down everywhere they can lately. It's going to look like crap after a few years.

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Agreed. I think their idea is that it’s much cheaper than grass: i.e. they don’t need to have water trucks watering it to maintain it when it’s first laid down and it’s much cheaper to buy in large quantities
 
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