We'd like to keep you updated on our progress - so as the project moves along
we'll post photos to this webpage........stay tuned!
The more recent photos are at the top of the photo gallery, with older photos
following. A common acronym in these photos is RW, which stands for
"Retaining Wall":
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Shipping unit on truck
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Lifting first shipping unit from truck
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Placing first shipping unit (3 girders)
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Girders being set on bearing pads
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Setting second shipping unit
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Cranes lifting shipping units
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1.5" X 24" girder anchor bolt
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Girder placement nearly complete
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Installing street signs on Ellsworth Loop Road
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Pedestrian fence on ballast retainer on bridge
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Work progressing on UPRR bridge
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Pump base
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Under side of UPRR bridge
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Water flowing at QC Wash at new bridge
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Applying Sauereisen at sewer manhole
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Pump station discharge header
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Bearing pads with shims
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Prepping to place grout at bearing pads
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Cutting girder flange
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Placing grout at bearing pads
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UPRR crews doing track work
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SRP conduit at QC Wash
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Metal conduit for communication lines under QC Wash Bridge
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Placing epoxy at girder anchor bolts
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Discharge pipe inside pump station
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Various railroad bridge photos
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Railroad bridge
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Grouting riprap at Maricopa County Flood Control District channel
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Site of future UPRR underpass
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New guardrail at Queen Creek Wash Bridge
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Footing for abutment at UPRR Bridge
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Pouring concrete at UPRR Bridge abutment
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Steel in abutment footing
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Rolling new rubberized asphalt on Ellsworth Loop Road
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Inside of pump station
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Building discharge header at pump station
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Finish work on retaining wall
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Moving retaining wall forms
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Metal railing on retaining wall
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New median at Ellsworth/Rittenhouse
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UPRR center pier and columns with all of steel
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Pouring footing at pier footing
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UPRR abutment
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Forming pier columns
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New truncated domes at sidewalk ramp
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Building false work at pier columns
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Steel girders for UPRR Bridge
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Newly painted Queen Creek Wash Bridge
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Drilling bolt holes for girders at UPRR Bridge
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Lane striping on Ocotillo
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Painting crosswalk lines on Ellsworth Loop Road
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New sidewalk along Ellsworth Loop Road
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Sandblasting retaining wall before painting
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Painting retaining wall
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UPRR Bridge concrete work complete
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Excavation on underpass while train travels on railroad detour above
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Guard rail
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Guard rail posts
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Steel girders for railroad bridge
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Railroad inspection vehicle
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Riprap at pump station outfall
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Westbound Ocotillo prior to paving
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Building wing wall at storm drain
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Milling pavement edge prior to paving
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Wing wall at storm drain
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Conveyor belt placing concrete at retaining wall
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Pumping water from pump station
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Building retaining wall
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Westbound Ocotillo paved
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New pavement south of bridge on Ellsworth
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Electrical conduit
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Section of railroad track removed for repair
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Installing handrail on Queen Creek Wash bridge
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Deck joint at Queen Creek Wash Bridge
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Deck joint at sidewalk on bridge
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Obliterating traffic lines on Ocotillo
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Sidewalk formed on bridge
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Shoring at SRP pole
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Construction on railroad shoefly begins
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Preparing to place rip rap at 72" culvert extension
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Foundation for guard rail on Ellsworth Loop Road south of bridge
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Railroad shoefly nearing completion
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Newly laid track
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Forming catch basin
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Newly poured catch basin
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South end of Ellsworth Loop Road looking north
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Pumping flooded retaining wall foundation
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Partially poured sidewalk at bridge
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F-shape barrier and forms
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F-shape barrier
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View between northbound and southbound sides of bridge
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North side of depressed intersection flooded
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UPRR crews
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UPRR crews
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UPRR crews
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Trimmer prepping roadway subgrade
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Pouring irrigation collar
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15 duct electrical bank
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Parapet wall at QC Wash Bridge
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Rustication design on parapet wall
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72" culvert extension at Rittenhouse Channel
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72" culvert extension at Rittenhouse Channel
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Scupper and spillway at retention basin
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Ellsworth Loop Road looking north toward Ocotillo
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Milling Rittenhouse/Ellsworth intersection at night
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Finish grade at Rittenhouse/Ellsworth intersection
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Rebar work at RW6 footing
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Discharge piping at pump station
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Experts removing bird eggs from SRP pole
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Eggs ready for transport
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Headwall at 72" culvert extension
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Backfilling RW5
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Storm drain intersection at depressed intersection
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Milling Rittenhouse east of Ellsworth Road
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Milling
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New Rittenhouse/Ocotillo intersection partially open
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UPRR crews relocating signal poles
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Shoring and bracing SRP pole near retaining wall
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New driveway at medical plaza on Ocotillo
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Ellsworth Loop Road alignment looking south toward railroad
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Traffic on new Rittenhouse looking northwest
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Looking south at Ellsworth Loop Road alignment from Rittenhouse
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Looking southeast on Rittenhouse at depressed intersection
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Looking southeast on Rittenhouse just east of Ellsworth Road
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Looking south on Rittenhouse at future Rittenhouse/Ocotillo intersection
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Queen Creek Wash Bridge from the south side
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Parapet wall on Queen Creek Wash Bridge
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Parapet wall
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Looking north from Queen Creek Wash Bridge
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Placing approach slab at Queen Creek Wash Bridge
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Looking north at Ellsworth Loop Road alignment from the north side or railroad
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Blockouts at pump station for water pumping
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Looking east on Ocotillo at future Rittenhouse/Ocotillo intersection
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Underside of Queen Creek Wash Bridge
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Sidewalk ramp with frame for truncated domes
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Sheet piling with tie-back wall for railroad bridge construction
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Block out for Q-Street conduit at Queen Creek Wash Bridge
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Existing headwall at Rittenhouse Channel
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Removing headwall
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72" RCP extension at Rittenhouse Channel
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72" RCP extension at Rittenhouse Channel
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Placing concrete at top deck of pump station
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Painted retaining wall
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Installing stell at QC Wash Bridge
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Back side of retaining wall form with mountain pattern
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Dirt formed for irrigation ditch
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Concrete irrigation ditch
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Top of pump station with access hatches in place
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Deck of QC Wash Bridge after concrete curing
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Temporary shoring at railroad
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Electrical junction vaults
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