The Ellsworth Loop Road Project

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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":

Shipping unit on truck

Lifting first shipping unit from truck

Placing first shipping unit (3 girders)

Girders being set on bearing pads

Setting second shipping unit

Cranes lifting shipping units

1.5" X 24" girder anchor bolt

Girder placement nearly complete

Installing street signs on Ellsworth Loop Road

Pedestrian fence on ballast retainer on bridge

Work progressing on UPRR bridge

Pump base

Under side of UPRR bridge

Water flowing at QC Wash at new bridge

Applying Sauereisen at sewer manhole

Pump station discharge header

Bearing pads with shims

Prepping to place grout at bearing pads

Cutting girder flange

Placing grout at bearing pads

UPRR crews doing track work

SRP conduit at QC Wash

Metal conduit for communication lines under QC Wash Bridge

Placing epoxy at girder anchor bolts

Discharge pipe inside pump station

Various railroad bridge photos

Railroad bridge

Grouting riprap at Maricopa County Flood Control District channel

Site of future UPRR underpass

New guardrail at Queen Creek Wash Bridge

Footing for abutment at UPRR Bridge

Pouring concrete at UPRR Bridge abutment

Steel in abutment footing

Rolling new rubberized asphalt on Ellsworth Loop Road

Inside of pump station

Building discharge header at pump station

Finish work on retaining wall

Moving retaining wall forms

Metal railing on retaining wall

New median at Ellsworth/Rittenhouse

UPRR center pier and columns with all of steel

Pouring footing at pier footing

UPRR abutment

Forming pier columns

New truncated domes at sidewalk ramp

Building false work at pier columns

Steel girders for UPRR Bridge

Newly painted Queen Creek Wash Bridge

Drilling bolt holes for girders at UPRR Bridge

Lane striping on Ocotillo

Painting crosswalk lines on Ellsworth Loop Road

New sidewalk along Ellsworth Loop Road

Sandblasting retaining wall before painting

Painting retaining wall

UPRR Bridge concrete work complete

Excavation on underpass while train travels on railroad detour above

Guard rail

Guard rail posts

Steel girders for railroad bridge

Railroad inspection vehicle

Riprap at pump station outfall

Westbound Ocotillo prior to paving

Building wing wall at storm drain

Milling pavement edge prior to paving

Wing wall at storm drain

Conveyor belt placing concrete at retaining wall

Pumping water from pump station

Building retaining wall

Westbound Ocotillo paved

New pavement south of bridge on Ellsworth

Electrical conduit

Section of railroad track removed for repair

Installing handrail on Queen Creek Wash bridge

Deck joint at Queen Creek Wash Bridge

Deck joint at sidewalk on bridge

Obliterating traffic lines on Ocotillo

Sidewalk formed on bridge

Shoring at SRP pole

Construction on railroad shoefly begins

Preparing to place rip rap at 72" culvert extension

Foundation for guard rail on Ellsworth Loop Road south of bridge

Railroad shoefly nearing completion

Newly laid track

Forming catch basin

Newly poured catch basin

South end of Ellsworth Loop Road looking north

Pumping flooded retaining wall foundation

Partially poured sidewalk at bridge

F-shape barrier and forms

F-shape barrier

View between northbound and southbound sides of bridge

North side of depressed intersection flooded

UPRR crews

UPRR crews

UPRR crews

Trimmer prepping roadway subgrade

Pouring irrigation collar

15 duct electrical bank

Parapet wall at QC Wash Bridge

Rustication design on parapet wall

72" culvert extension at Rittenhouse Channel

72" culvert extension at Rittenhouse Channel

Scupper and spillway at retention basin

Ellsworth Loop Road looking north toward Ocotillo

Milling Rittenhouse/Ellsworth intersection at night

Finish grade at Rittenhouse/Ellsworth intersection

Rebar work at RW6 footing

Discharge piping at pump station

Experts removing bird eggs from SRP pole

Eggs ready for transport

Headwall at 72" culvert extension

Backfilling RW5

Storm drain intersection at depressed intersection

Milling Rittenhouse east of Ellsworth Road

Milling

New Rittenhouse/Ocotillo intersection partially open

UPRR crews relocating signal poles

Shoring and bracing SRP pole near retaining wall

New driveway at medical plaza on Ocotillo

Ellsworth Loop Road alignment looking south toward railroad

Traffic on new Rittenhouse looking northwest

Looking south at Ellsworth Loop Road alignment from Rittenhouse

Looking southeast on Rittenhouse at depressed intersection

Looking southeast on Rittenhouse just east of Ellsworth Road

Looking south on Rittenhouse at future Rittenhouse/Ocotillo intersection

Queen Creek Wash Bridge from the south side

Parapet wall on Queen Creek Wash Bridge

Parapet wall

Looking north from Queen Creek Wash Bridge

Placing approach slab at Queen Creek Wash Bridge

Looking north at Ellsworth Loop Road alignment from the north side or railroad

Blockouts at pump station for water pumping

Looking east on Ocotillo at future Rittenhouse/Ocotillo intersection

Underside of Queen Creek Wash Bridge

Sidewalk ramp with frame for truncated domes

Sheet piling with tie-back wall for railroad bridge construction

Block out for Q-Street conduit at Queen Creek Wash Bridge

Existing headwall at Rittenhouse Channel

Removing headwall

72" RCP extension at Rittenhouse Channel

72" RCP extension at Rittenhouse Channel

Placing concrete at top deck of pump station

Painted retaining wall

Installing stell at QC Wash Bridge

Back side of retaining wall form with mountain pattern

Dirt formed for irrigation ditch

Concrete irrigation ditch

Top of pump station with access hatches in place

Deck of QC Wash Bridge after concrete curing

Temporary shoring at railroad

Electrical junction vaults