The New Project Revealed — The Barton Road Pedestrian Bridge
The new project referred to in an earlier post Fencing, Plastic K-rails, and a Yellow-Vest Meeting: Stay Tuned for More Information as Another Construction Project is About to Commence is revealed in this post. The featured image is of the Barton Road Pedestrian Bridge as envisioned by a TRC architect who modified a photograph that I took for purposes of overlaying the Bridge over Barton Road. The project is slated to begin on the first of June 2021 and is scheduled to be completed in the early spring of 2022. The purpose of the Bridge is to connect Parking Structure P-4, located on the south side of Barton Road, to the Dennis and Carol Troesh Medical Campus, which is on the north side of Barton Road. The Pedestrian Bridge will allow patients, physicians, and employees traffic-free access between the Faculty Medical Clinic and the Hospital Campus.
The Barton Road Pedestrian Bridge will be approximately 211 feet in length, and 16 feet wide (outside width) with a 12-foot wide interior walking surface. The bridge will have a metal roof and side screening. The interior will include handrails per the ADA guidelines. On the Parking Structure P-4 side, Pedestrians will be able to enter and exit the Pedestrian Bridge on the second level only. The existing elevators P-4 elevators can be used by the public to access all six levels of the Parking structure. On the north side of Barton Road, the Pedestrian Bridge will connect to an elevator tower, which will be constructed near the southeast corner of the existing Children’s Hospital. The new north side elevator tower will look similar to the existing P-4 elevator tower with store-front windows on the east side of the tower. The plans call for two (2) gurney-sized elevator cars. There will be three stops at the new elevator tower: The first is at the bottom, and opens on the west side going to the existing Children’s Hospital. The second stop is also at the bottom and will open on the east side connecting to the new Hospital building sidewalk. The third stop connects to the new Barton Road Bridge Walkway. The pre-cast concrete bridge beams (similar to the ones on Campus Street) will rest on four concrete columns. One column will be next to the P-4 Parking Structure, the second will be placed in the median, the third will be placed on the slope on the north side of Barton Road, and the fourth will be placed next to the elevator tower north of Barton Road. The height of the Pedestrian Bridge from floor to grade is approximately 36 feet from grade on the north side, and approximately 32 feet on the south side. The height of the elevator tower (from grade) will be approximately 49 feet six inches. As in the P-4 Parking Structure, the north elevator tower will have metal pan concrete-filled stairs.The Third Week of June – Drilling, Cutting, Excavating, and Caisson Cages
The Third Week of June – Excavation, and Caissons
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Wednesday, June 17, 2021
Monday, June 14, 2021
The Second Week of June – Heavy Equipment Arrives and the Work Begins
June 7 – 11, 2021
Monday, June 7, 2021
The Approximate Scope of the Barton Road Pedestrian Bridge and Elevator Tower
The End of May and the First Week in June – Make Ready
The Campus Street Pedestrian Bridge
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