I'll wager 2023.

FWIW, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXjsq9C8ea8 this says 2019-2020.

'Land Bridge' is what they are calling it. 2020 completion date.

(04-10-2018 10:33 AM)fishman6581 Wrote:  FWIW, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXjsq9C8ea8 this says 2019-2020.

Looks nice. What a shame it wasn't there when i was. Oh well.

They have to close Echles between Southern and Spottswood first. The permit for that has been filed and approved, but this is a huge project across the tracks and it's not even close to nearing fruition yet.

Shrug, let those spoiled, entitled college students jump between the train cars like I had to do.

(04-10-2018 04:40 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  Shrug, let those spoiled, entitled college students jump between the train cars like I had to do.

Exactly!!! Back in my day we went to class severed limbs and all. I used the coiled wire from my binder to make a tourniquet one time. Made an A on the test while doing it. These condom snorting tide pod eaters would whine about "call 911" and "take me to the hospital", blah blah blah boo hoo hoo.

(04-10-2018 04:26 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  They have to close Echles between Southern and Spottswood first. The permit for that has been filed and approved, but this is a huge project across the tracks and it's not even close to nearing fruition yet.

Was around campus today. The intersection of Echles and Southern was closed off with small construction crew.

That has been going on and off for some time now. Houston is covered in plates and has a huge crack down the middle from where they were working on pipes the past two weeks.

The old police substation between Houston and Echles in the front parking lot is no more, that demolition has been going on too.

Echles is closed today because they're working on water pipes in the area.

(04-10-2018 04:40 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  Shrug, let those spoiled, entitled college students jump between the train cars like I had to do.

Were you one of those?

That was not as easy as it looked.

(04-10-2018 05:36 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  That has been going on and off for some time now. Houston is covered in plates and has a huge crack down the middle from where they were working on pipes the past two weeks.

The old police substation between Houston and Echles in the front parking lot is no more, that demolition has been going on too.

Echles is closed today because they're working on water pipes in the area.

This is all work to relocate utility lines to prep for the bridge, parking garage, and rec center.

Apparently the parking garage is the first phase of the project. Not sure when thenlndbridfe fits into the timeline but supposedly the schedule calls for April 2019 to be the start of construction on the new rec center. Will be 75,000 sq ft of new space for a total of 225,000 sq ft once combined with the renovation of the existing center.

After what happened at Florida International, I hope they do double and triple inspections while building that thing.

For sure.

I imagine every civil engineering firm from San Luis Obispo to Bangor is reassessing that much since that incident.

(04-10-2018 05:54 PM)pkptigers07 Wrote:  

(04-10-2018 05:36 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  That has been going on and off for some time now. Houston is covered in plates and has a huge crack down the middle from where they were working on pipes the past two weeks.

The old police substation between Houston and Echles in the front parking lot is no more, that demolition has been going on too.

Echles is closed today because they're working on water pipes in the area.

This is all work to relocate utility lines to prep for the bridge, parking garage, and rec center.

Apparently the parking garage is the first phase of the project. Not sure when thenlndbridfe fits into the timeline but supposedly the schedule calls for April 2019 to be the start of construction on the new rec center. Will be 75,000 sq ft of new space for a total of 225,000 sq ft once combined with the renovation of the existing center.

We need Jamammy to give us a current update on the situation, with pics if possible.

Hell, he might be able to take pics from his front porch.

(04-10-2018 07:19 PM)tigerlands Wrote:  After what happened at Florida International, I hope they do double and triple inceptions while building that thing.

That had more to do with the engineering firm that was contracted for the job.

(04-10-2018 07:40 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  

(04-10-2018 05:54 PM)pkptigers07 Wrote:  

(04-10-2018 05:36 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  That has been going on and off for some time now. Houston is covered in plates and has a huge crack down the middle from where they were working on pipes the past two weeks.

The old police substation between Houston and Echles in the front parking lot is no more, that demolition has been going on too.

Echles is closed today because they're working on water pipes in the area.

This is all work to relocate utility lines to prep for the bridge, parking garage, and rec center.

Apparently the parking garage is the first phase of the project. Not sure when thenlndbridfe fits into the timeline but supposedly the schedule calls for April 2019 to be the start of construction on the new rec center. Will be 75,000 sq ft of new space for a total of 225,000 sq ft once combined with the renovation of the existing center.

We need Jamammy to give us a current update on the situation, with pics if possible.

Hell, he might be able to take pics from his front porch.

Basically every street on the south side of the tracks is covered in steel plates.

Some open holes here and there.

A bunch of prep work it seems.

I'll get some pics tomorrow.(probably not going to happen)


The entrance/exit to South Campus on Getwell is also getting revamped.

(04-10-2018 07:43 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(04-10-2018 07:19 PM)tigerlands Wrote:  After what happened at Florida International, I hope they do double and triple inceptions while building that thing.

That had more to do with the engineering firm that was contracted for the job.

Add in the vibrations from the train and the two types of concrete rule and they have a possible record setting lawsuit on their hands.

(04-10-2018 08:05 PM)jamammy Wrote:  

(04-10-2018 07:40 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  

(04-10-2018 05:54 PM)pkptigers07 Wrote:  

(04-10-2018 05:36 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  That has been going on and off for some time now. Houston is covered in plates and has a huge crack down the middle from where they were working on pipes the past two weeks.

The old police substation between Houston and Echles in the front parking lot is no more, that demolition has been going on too.

Echles is closed today because they're working on water pipes in the area.

This is all work to relocate utility lines to prep for the bridge, parking garage, and rec center.

Apparently the parking garage is the first phase of the project. Not sure when thenlndbridfe fits into the timeline but supposedly the schedule calls for April 2019 to be the start of construction on the new rec center. Will be 75,000 sq ft of new space for a total of 225,000 sq ft once combined with the renovation of the existing center.

We need Jamammy to give us a current update on the situation, with pics if possible.

Hell, he might be able to take pics from his front porch.

(probably not going to happen)

#snicker

(04-10-2018 08:05 PM)jamammy Wrote:  

(04-10-2018 07:40 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  

(04-10-2018 05:54 PM)pkptigers07 Wrote:  

(04-10-2018 05:36 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  That has been going on and off for some time now. Houston is covered in plates and has a huge crack down the middle from where they were working on pipes the past two weeks.

The old police substation between Houston and Echles in the front parking lot is no more, that demolition has been going on too.

Echles is closed today because they're working on water pipes in the area.

This is all work to relocate utility lines to prep for the bridge, parking garage, and rec center.

Apparently the parking garage is the first phase of the project. Not sure when thenlndbridfe fits into the timeline but supposedly the schedule calls for April 2019 to be the start of construction on the new rec center. Will be 75,000 sq ft of new space for a total of 225,000 sq ft once combined with the renovation of the existing center.

We need Jamammy to give us a current update on the situation, with pics if possible.

Hell, he might be able to take pics from his front porch.

Basically every street on the south side of the tracks is covered in steel plates.

Some open holes here and there.

A bunch of prep work it seems.

I'll get some pics tomorrow.(probably not going to happen)


The entrance/exit to South Campus on Getwell is also getting revamped.

Maybe you can get you old buddy to take some pictures the next time he drives by your house?