Public Works Project Spotlight - Long Bridge Replacement
Photo Gallery
Project Update
06/07/10

Old bridge (in background) is still being removed while steel reinforcing (green) is being prepared for new concrete pier support.

Rip rap at Abutment. (Rip rap is rock used to armor bridge abutments, pilings and other shoreline structures against water erosion.)
Project Update
04/13/10
During Project

The steel attached to the crane is the pile driving hammer, used to drive the piles. The rods in the water are a pile driving template. It is a frame used to line up the pile while it is being driven.

The steel attached to the crane is the pile driving hammer, used to drive the piles. The rods in the water are a pile driving template. It is a frame used to line up the pile while it is being driven.

To comply with environmental standards, a turbidity curtain, used for erosion and sediment control, is placed in the water.
Before Project Start
City of Chesapeake, Virginia












