The Big Melt started last night; it rained and it rained. Time to see what progress has been made on the stretch of the S2 Warsaw southern bypass (
Południowa Obwodnica Warszawy) over the past few weeks.
Above: The last house left standing will soon be demolished. Google Earth imagery (dated July 2009) still shows some 20 houses along the stretch of the S2 between ul. Hołubcowa and Puławska. This one, just to the west of Puławska, is still inhabited. No work observable around here today, nor indeed on the eastern side of Puławska, where the used car dealership is long gone.
The only piece of plant working on the stretch between Puławska and Hołubcowa; a digger excavating foundations of the viaduct taking ul. Poloneza over the railway line leading to the Warsaw Metro and the S2 running parallel to it.
Nothing happening between Poloneza and Hołubcowa.
Above: ul. Kądziołeczki as it cuts across the future path of the S2. The real action begins west of Hołubcowa (
below). From the road, between the railway lines and ul. Karnawał, work is progressing in earnest. Dump trucks and cement trucks are coming and going,
The site is properly fenced off, like it would be in the UK. A health and safety culture is evident here, with notices to don safety helmets and welding goggles.
Above: piling underway south of ul. Karnawał. There will be a viaduct here taking the S2 over the Warsaw to Radom railway line, just out of shot to the right of this picture.
Below: Work underway on the patch between the railway mainline (behind me) and the Metro access line (in front). The S2 will be elevated here.
Above: The last house left standing will soon be demolished. Google Earth imagery (dated July 2009) still shows some 20 houses along the stretch of the S2 between ul. Hołubcowa and Puławska. This one, just to the west of Puławska, is still inhabited. No work observable around here today, nor indeed on the eastern side of Puławska, where the used car dealership is long gone.
The only piece of plant working on the stretch between Puławska and Hołubcowa; a digger excavating foundations of the viaduct taking ul. Poloneza over the railway line leading to the Warsaw Metro and the S2 running parallel to it.
Nothing happening between Poloneza and Hołubcowa. Above: ul. Kądziołeczki as it cuts across the future path of the S2. The real action begins west of Hołubcowa (below). From the road, between the railway lines and ul. Karnawał, work is progressing in earnest. Dump trucks and cement trucks are coming and going,
The site is properly fenced off, like it would be in the UK. A health and safety culture is evident here, with notices to don safety helmets and welding goggles.
Above: piling underway south of ul. Karnawał. There will be a viaduct here taking the S2 over the Warsaw to Radom railway line, just out of shot to the right of this picture. Below: Work underway on the patch between the railway mainline (behind me) and the Metro access line (in front). The S2 will be elevated here.
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