EarthCam The site of the new Waterdale Bridge in Edmonton, where steel arch sections will be assembled when all sections arrive. Photo from City of Edmonton website Steel sections for the Walterdale Bridge appear in an image that appears to be taken at Daewoo's fabrication shop in Korea. Related Links: Edmonton's Other Big Bridge Headache Announcement of Walterdale Bridge Delay by Edmonton Before an Edmonton bridge's steel girders buckled in March, officials in the Canadian city and project contractors were already facing a long delay on another, more important bridge project there.The construction team working on the Alberta provincial capital's
Photo Courtesy of EarthCam Buckling columns in the days after installation on a bridge in Edmonton, Alberta. Photo Courtesy of EarthCam Within days, bracing and cranes hooked to the girders helped eliminate the deformation in the deep bridge girders. Related Links: Watch the buckled girders straight on the Edmonton Bridge via Earthcam Edmonton city officials are overseeing a review by a structural consultant on what caused four deep steel girders on a new bridge being built over a busy thoroughfare to buckle soon after their placement March 16.The structure has been stabilized but the project delays are costly, at more