It is surreal to see a crane amongst the trees out our window!

Panels were finished off with a rubber-like mat which will form the design on the concrete walls of the bridge piers.

These panels were lifted into place on the concrete footing poured earlier this month.  There are four panels set apart from each other, leaving a blank area between them.

Utility workers buried conduit in the center of the road.  It connects to the utility pole which graces our view toward the street!

Thunder and lightning on July 16th cut short any work with the crane.  After a visible streak of cloud-to-cloud lightning occurred directly above the construction site, the crane was lowered and workers stood in the rain waiting for the storm to pass. 

The concrete boom pump truck arrived early on Friday morning, followed by cement trucks.  Only a few panels are completed at a time.   Otherwise, it is too heavy.  The panels will be re-used several times to complete the concrete fascia walls.  This process could take a few days.

Week of July 20, 2026

On Monday, crews began to remove the panels.

It took the rest of the week to install panels into the blank spaces on the south side, and two more panels were installed on the north-facing side.  Cement was poured on Friday.

This page from the plans shows what is currently being done.

Week of July 27, 2026

On Monday, crew removed panels from the cement pour on Friday.  Then the work of installing rebar and placing panels on the north side continued.  

According to a Scarsella worker I talked with on Tuesday, this work is behind schedule.  Mid-July is the beginning of the "fish window," during which work on the stream bed is supposed to happen.  But excavation work can't begin until this concrete work is done.  When asked what would happen if the concrete work didn't get done before this window closes, he assured me, "It will get done."  That is one reason workers were on the job last Saturday morning.    

When asked about the steel I-beams, he confirmed that the manufacturing of these are also behind schedule, so the entire project will likely not be done until December.

Friday was concrete day again, but this time it started on the west end of the bridge.  Perhaps the footings for the cement fascia walls?  Then the cement pumper truck came to the east side of the bridge and poured additional panels.  

The crane was moved from the west side to the east side.  It will be interesting to find out why this change of placement as construction continues next month!