b'Looking south towards substructures of the CP vehicle bridge structure and pedestrian bridge structure. The extent of shoring wall is visible near the edge of the railway tracks. Photo courtesy of Green Infrastructure Partners.CROSSING THE BRIDGENew Daly Overpass under construction in BrandonBy Kelly ParkerOriginally opened to traffic in 1964,The uniqueness of the bridgeeasier. Also, if there is some sort of Brandons Daly Overpass crossescrossing is two-fold, explains Russincident, there [is] a second span that the CP mainline and forms a criticalAndrushuk, Assistant Deputy Ministercan still be used. component of the road system inwith Manitoba Transportation andBell-Evans notes that the MSE precast both the city and the greater BrandonInfrastructure. Firstly, its the upgraderetaining walls incorporated into region. Due partly to its ageinto four lanes, but theres also thethe project are relatively new to the addition to an overall need for facilityinclusion of the active transportationprovince. There have been some, but improvementsa three-year project ispass that includes a separated bridgetheyre certainly not a standard yet, he currently underway for a new four-laneand a switchback [that] creates a park- says. On this project, they have been bridge with separate pedestrian andlike feeling, and an openness of designused as the abutments of the bridge active transportation bridges.to hopefully open up some of thebecause they look good and they allow The design includes new on- andsightlines to Brandons for a large amount of fillthe one MSE off-ramps to connect 18th Streetbeautiful skyline.with Pacific Avenue, as well as newGoing with two standalone structureswall at the railway bridge is about 11 pathways and sidewalk and pavementto replace the former single spanmetres high.upgrades. In addition to the extensiverequires a large area of embankmentChallenges on the project include bridge and road construction, theto be brought in to fill the area thattraffic management related to staging, project requires demolition of severalwould have been occupied by theutilities maintenance and its proximity properties, including the over-100- original bridge structure, explainsto the CP mainline. There are two main year-old International HarvesterDevon Bell-Evans, Project Managercorridors in Brandon: first and 18th, Building (also known as the Kullbergsfor contractor Green Infrastructurewhich is currently the only access over building), as well as the relocation ofPartners (formerly Coco Paving). Thatthe CP mainline. Accommodating multiple public and municipal utilities. will make future maintenance a lottraffic through all stages of construction 36 BUILD MANITOBAwinnipegconstruction.ca'