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SR 20 - Cornet Bay Road to Rosario Road - Guardrail Construction Photos

Timer is laid down in preparating for pouring concrete.

Winter 2007 - Timber is laid down in preparation for pouring the concrete foundation for the guardrails near Cornet Bay Road.


Winter 2007 - The concrete foundation that will be poured adds more strength to the bollards that will support the new guardrails.
A worker ties down steel rebar inside a bollard.

March 2008 - A worker secures rebar inside the metal framework of a new bollard.
A worker tightens rebar inside the metal framework for a bollard.

March 2008 
- A worker fastens rebar together inside the bollard framework.
The ground is prepared for a concrete pour.

Winter 2007 - Framing for the sidewalks is in place at the intersection of SR20 and Cornet Bay Road.
Concrete frameworks are ready.

Winter 2007 - The foundation and bollards are poured here looking south toward Corney Bay Road. Stonework is now ready to begin.
Workers prepare stone to place around the concrete railing supports.

March 2008 - A worker chips pieces off a rock before mortaring it around the concrete railing support. The stones are added so that the supports retain their historical characteristics.
A worker smooths mortar between stones that line the outside of a new bollard.

March 2008 - Pieces of rock are mortared into place around the concrete framework of the bollard. Many of the rocks were used in the construction of the original stone bollards in the 1930s. 
A worker places mortar between new stones on a roadside bollard.

March 2008 - A worker mortars stones into place on the outside of a new concrete and steel bollard.
A worker smooths mortar between stones.

March 2008 - A worker smooths out the mortar between stones that surround a new concrete bollard.
Finished supports are ready for railing to be installed.

January 2008 - Stonework on the bollards is complete. Log guardrails will soon be installed.
Crews install railing along the stone supports.

January 2008 - Workers begin installing the new log guardrails near Cornet Bay Road.
A view of the back side of the new guardrail.

January 2008 - A completed stretch of guardrail. Note the steel backing plate that reinforces the log guardrail.