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freeway widening

oakland

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:drinkuphi everybody, got some pics today of a huge new project here. it consists of redoing and widening 6 miles of freeway. knife river is the contractor for the 111.2 million dollar project. i will start from the beggining and work my way up till now. the project goes until 2010 so there will be iron out there for a while.:)
 

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oakland

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some more.
 

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oakland

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okay so i went out today and found this they have ran a conveyor belt across the freeway. its a very interesting setup.
 

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oakland

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yeah its a really fast and safe way to get dirt to the other side. i got some more pics today of the operation as well as some more equipment pictures.:)
 

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oakland

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heres some water trucks as well as some more earthmoving equipment
 

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RollOver Pete

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Please......Slow down in the cone zone.....

Nice pics :drinkup

I'm not sure how many in here have ever had the chance to work on a project like this ,
but IMHO a freeway job is the most dangerous kind of work there is for those of us in the construction trades.

Any time you are put in a position where motorists,
many of who are in need of a rectal/cranial inversion are speeding by at 15-30 miles per hr. above the posted speed limit,
there is going to be a certain number of mishaps. :eek:
On the I-15 Baker truck lane project, there was some kind of accident every single day.
We even watched a CHP pull over some idiot running through our lane closure doing 105mph :eek:
He got to ride in the back seat of a CHP cruiser that day.
He's lucky he didnt kill someone....or one of us.
The only time I was ever injured was working on a freeway overpass project here in Indio.
I know what its like to truly be "lucky" ;)
:cool:
 

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i agree with you roll over pete 100% but atleast on this project they have the concrete barriers spanning the entire 6.2 miles of the project and they have the conveyor which cuts down on truck traffic.:)
 

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more pics :D
 

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yes a camera really helps on any trip i take mine everywhere i go. you never know what you might see! got some more pics uploaded today of some more equipment. 1st is a deere 350d in the middle of i-84 2nd is a newer knife river paver that was parked by the conveyor. 3rd and 4th are more equipment by the conveyor. and 6th is a d6h lgp ready to be loaded up. i know this doesent even compare to burnouts 385s and 1250 :notworthy but it was the only thing not in the middle of the freeway:). i cant get hit taking pictures of these:D:p.
 

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N.CarolinaDozer

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This is off the wall, but I noticed a double tanker in a pic, and a triple pup (R+L) in another. Wierd to see that considering they dont allow it in N.C. Good Pics!
 

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okay so i know its been a while between pics but i do have some more.
 

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I haven't been out that way for a couple years but it seemed that there was more congestion just before Boise. Nice pics though. Snow in june though eh?
 

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I haven't been out that way for a couple years but it seemed that there was more congestion just before Boise. Nice pics though. Snow in june though eh?

its shown january through last week project really started in june though:drinkup
 
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