Walking downtown Monday, I came upon a big project by the Watchung Avenue railroad bridge.
Two big trucks and a work crew were on East Third Street.
Workers were sawing down and removing all the trees on the embankment.
It was a lot of wood.
A worker lowered a claw to pick up this metal object.
It was the lid to this big truck.
Here it is almost lowered into place.
"Whaddaya lookin' at, lady?"
On Tuesday, the workers were clearing the Park Avenue embankment.
I thought the tree removal was just for safety, but someone told me it was done in advance of the projects to repair the two bridges. NJ Transit has been planning the project for some time. Look for advisories on detours in coming weeks.
--Bernice
NJ Transit needs to look at Grant Avenue railroad bridge. The embarkment was cut into and part removed after a building was built on north side of tracks. Area residents tried to get someone to take a look.
ReplyDeleteHi Bernice,
ReplyDeleteYou are right NJ Transit is gong to be replacing two railroad bridges in Plainfield. The plans call for the replacement bridges to be assembled nearby and then during a single weekend for each bridge, they will jack up the tracks, remove the old bridge, move the new bridge in place, and secure the tracks to it. It will be quite an engineering feat.
Tom Kaercher