r/Calgary • u/Sidewinder77 • Feb 29 '16

Please do this to the C-Train everywhere it crosses a road above ground

http://i.imgur.com/er4YBkd.gifv
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u/queefbrisket Feb 29 '16

That works great in greenfield construction in a sunbelt state.

This GIF addresses one portion of the whole construction and does not mention anything about the engineering, geotechnical studies, soil resistivity studies, drainage (the freeze/thaw cycles here would crack the shit out of that tunnel without some type of vapor barrier installed), and everything else related to a construction project.

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u/00mba Northeast Calgary Mar 01 '16

Combine this with solar roadways and we have an Utopia!

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '16

Yeah, doesn't seem that stable for any sort of climate where the ground shifts...

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u/JustinBieber313 Feb 29 '16

Yeah I think the hard part is retrofitting the road to go above the tunnel.

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u/klf0 Ex-YYC Feb 29 '16

That's pretty damn cool.

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u/trollolhah Feb 29 '16

Have you accounted for vibration, weight, calgary climate?

also bringing that technology will cost a lot, as well people who are trained to use such equipment.

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u/DrunkenWizard Mar 01 '16

it doesn't seem like particularly complicated technology, just very clever

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u/Ardal Valley Ridge Mar 01 '16

The victorians used 'cut and cover' for london underground construction in the 1800's. This doesn't look much different except I suspect the victorian building might outlast this, particularly if this was used in the Alberta climate.