Gordon Road Rail Crossing- Part 2

 
I thought I'd walk down and see how the Gordon Road project is coming along. The Road Closed signs are still in place, but people are driving through. It's all paved now... it was the last of the dirt roads near my house.



I find it hard to believe this road is 3.5 feet lower than it was before, but perhaps the previous 10 foot clearance wasn't quite that low. I'm also pretty sure a long truck 13.5 feet tall would not want to try this.



I was hoping to find something else of interest on the way. Not much. I took the same route as last time, climbing up to the tracks and walking home that way.

Here's a report on the area where the fire was in August. Nice and green, some branches pretty black, but it looks like all the large trees will survive.



Once again the best scenes of the day are the dramatic skies. Sunrise, before and after the light hit the clouds.





It rained for a while while I was at work, but only the clouds are left now.



I'm pretty tired. The day shift was a little rugged- machinery not cooperating. No matter, I get to go in and do some more of it in a while.

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Gordon Road Rail Crossing

 
I've said for years that the county would never pave this half mile of road because they would have to deal with the too narrow and too low railroad bridge over it.

Last week there was an article in the paper that Gordon Road in this section (and a few other roads) were going to be paved. Huh!

So I walked there to see what's happening. I woke up this morning with a cold. It's nothing now except a runny nose that won't stop, but on the premise that a walk is the cure for everything, I got out of my chair after dinner and hoofed it down there.



Looks like they are definitely going to improve the 10-foot clearance. See how far down they've dug.




They are about 2.5 feet deeper than the previous road bed. About to the bottom of the bridge abutment, I think.



Not sure what they are going to do on the side I'm standing on. When they dig the road bed lower there are two driveways that have to be dealt with. And they can't make it wider unless the bridge is replaced. Maybe they can just have warning signs for "one lane road."

Anyway, I climbed up and walked the tracks home.



Going to bed early, and I don't anticipate that the cold will be much of a problem tomorrow.

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