The project to demolish the pedestrian bridge over University Ave between Vilas and Humanities, which was supposed to be finished today, will continue through at least Monday 8/17/15. (Actually, this is another one of those projects that was delayed months while the state budget was being deliberated, but that's another rant).
There will not be any pedestrian (or eastbound bicycle) access on the south side of University Ave in the 800 block (by Vilas Hall). The sidewalk on the north side of University Ave remains open, thankfully, since the Langdon St closure already means fewer ways for bikes and peds to get from Park St to Lake St right now. Please be careful out there. Chuck Strawser Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner Commuter Solutions UW-Madison Transportation Services Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: http://transportation.wisc.edu/transportation/bike_annex.aspx How are we doing? Take our customer satisfaction survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CommSol_CSSurvey Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 11:49 AM Subject: 14H2Z: Univ Ave Bridge: Schedule REVISED SCHEDULE ON THE PED BRIDGE REMOVAL The last remaining section of bridge was scheduled for removal today but the contractor has changed that work to Monday 8/17. The final section of bridge is attached to Vilas Hall so the contractor wants to make additional provisions for protecting the building during the demolition which requires them to bring in different equipment and take more time to stage it. They didn't have enough time yesterday to get the additional equipment on site so they needed to move the work to Monday. The contractor will begin at 7 am Monday morning using a robotic pneumatic breaker on the bridge deck to separate the bridge from the Vilas Hall supporting wall. Then at 9 am they will bring in a crane and remove the bridge deck - mostly intact - and lower it to the ground. Then the deck will be broken apart on the ground and hauled away. The noisiest work will likely be finished by early afternoon. All traffic lanes will be opened on University Ave thru the weekend. The south sidewalk and bike lanes will be closed thru the weekend as equipment & rubble are still taking up this area. The contractor will be working on restoring turf and sidewalk starting next Tuesday. I apologize for any problems this change creates to you work. Civil & Env. Engineer UW-Madison, FP&M, CP&D
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