Washington/Wabash Station Build

[BusHunter]

While I was in the loop I decided to look in on the Washington/Wabash project, and man they seem to have some deep holes they dug right next to the structure. Please tell me there is a slow zone there. (Hopefully the Skokie crew is not down there.) They appear to be doing a sewer project under the structure. I took some pictures. These peek a boo holes are not bad.  There appears to be new steel under the structure. I'm trying to figure out is that to support the structure or for the new station. 

[garmon757]

While I was in the loop I decided to look in on the Washington/Wabash project, and man they seem to have some deep holes they dug right next to the structure. Please tell me there is a slow zone there. (Hopefully the Skokie crew is not down there.) They appear to be doing a sewer project under the structure. I took some pictures. These peek a boo holes are not bad.  There appears to be new steel under the structure. I'm trying to figure out is that to support the structure or for the new station. 

Well hell, I was not too far from you!

[BusHunter]

Well well!! Washington/Wabash has made progress above the street level. They seem to be constructing an elevator tower on the east sidewalk

[BusHunter]

Yay, they finally have finished the below ground excavation here. Maybe now they can start making progress. I went over there today to see why they closed this section on the weekend. They seemed to have removed a span of track and replaced it with a totally new structure. i took some pics, not the clearest but I am looking through plastic.

If you notice the old spans were lower than the new ones. You can see that comparing both spans old and new. This is sort of like a bridge. I wonder how this looks on the right of way.

[Chicagos_D]

Came across this site with the most recent up to date information about the project. Washington/Wabash 

[BusHunter]

A visit to Wash/Wabash reveals they are putting a second updated structure span. maybe they intend to do them all

A project by railworks

[Chicagos_D]

The inner loop side now has the tower structure that I guess will connect to the platform. 

[BusHunter]

Here's a flyby that I took yesterday of the progress at Washington/Wabash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCzjjJXfnRU&feature=youtu.be

[BusHunter]

Here's a quick flyby of washington/wabash i shot yesterday looking on the sb side or the west side of the street.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXCnS-udcEI&feature=youtu.be

[BusHunter]

Here is a flyby video of the latest status (2-21-17) of the washington wabash construction. First half of the video is the nb side second half is the sb side.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vK7J00mA_w

[BusHunter]

I took another flyby of both trackside stations first nb then sb, (east side and then west side) as well as took a few pictures at street level at times it was snowing heavily as you can see in one of the shots.

https://youtu.be/h45U5mLVqcM

Here are some additional pictures I shot at street level. Looks like the stair and escalator setups are similar to Washington/Wells.

 

[Busjack]

3 minutes ago, BusHunter said:

I took another flyby of both trackside stations first nb then sb, (east side and then west side) as well as took a few pictures at street level at times it was snowing heavily as you can see in one of the shots.

https://youtu.be/h45U5mLVqcM

These videos give a better perspective of where the elevator shafts will be. Any indication where the fare collection area is supposed to be?

[BusHunter]

3 minutes ago, Busjack said:

These videos give a better perspective of where the elevator shafts will be. Any indication where the fare collection area is supposed to be?

Like I said it appears to mirror Washington/Wells, so it sounds like in an under track mezzanine. If you follow the steel roofline on the staircase it only goes halfway up to the structure so it will be going most likely to this mezzanine.

[Busjack]

4 minutes ago, BusHunter said:

Like I said it appears to mirror Washington/Wells, so it sounds like in an under track mezzanine. If you follow the steel roofline on the staircase it only goes halfway up to the structure so it will be going most likely to this mezzanine.

Looks like there will have to be another elevator from street level to the mezzanine.

[BusHunter]

6 minutes ago, Busjack said:

Looks like there will have to be another elevator from street level to the mezzanine.

I appears the outside of the platforms will house the elevators and they are roughly a 1/4 block south of Washington, half a block from Washington is an elevator shaft going to the street so that would appear to be correct. I took an additional picture of an elevator shaft going to the street maybe I can upload that later.

[artthouwill]

Yesterday  Wabash  reopened to  vehicular  traffic  from Washington to Monroe.

[BusHunter]

Here's a flyby of the Washington/Wabash reconstruction along with a few pictures at street level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbxGzv_impY

Here's a couple shots taken at Washington/Wabash at street level showing the open street and status of construction.

Here's a final shot taken from Madison/Wabash showing the construction from that end.

 

[BusHunter]

Here's the latest construction update for Washington/Wabash shot yesterday 4/26/17. 

https://youtu.be/Hy04AeBGzjo

Here's also a shot from the soon to be Adios Randolph/Wabash looking towards Washington/Wabash

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[BusHunter]

They are finally working on the extended part of the platform at wash/wabash. I filmed it 3 days ago and have yet to upload it. (Maybe i can upload that tonight) I was trippin' I was looking at the stairs and noticed not only did they put this ribbed design on the canopy. It will be on the stairs as well. I should have a picture of that too.

I was also checking out Quincy/wells. It seems there is some street construction in the area of the elevator but i need to see it from the street to confirm exactly whats up 

[BusHunter]

washington wabash 52417.mp4

Here's a flyby video showing the progress so far at washington wabash.

And here is the ribbed staircase along with a shot of the north end of construction.

[rl12383]

It seems the completion date for the washington/wabash station has been pushed back again. The website now says September 2017. Just a month ago they were talking about the end of June. Sounds like they keep falling behind schedule.

[BusHunter]

I uploaded another video to youtube yesterday. This one shows them working on the south end of the platform, not seen in the video is a new staircase exiting the platform end going towards Monroe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyvLj2L5O-I

[cta5658]

From what I've seen on the Project Progress on the Washington/Wabash station site, the pre-cast platform part is complete

[BusHunter]

On 6/22/2017 at 2:52 PM, cta5658 said:

From what I've seen on the Project Progress on the Washington/Wabash station site, the pre-cast platform part is complete

Yeah it's done, i shot a video on the 20th, but an Orange line crossed in front of me. It shows the south exit stairs.

[cta5658]

Just now, BusHunter said:

Yeah it's done, i shot a video on the 20th, but an Orange line crossed in front of me. It shows the south exit stairs.

All that's left are the remaining canopy pieces and a few other things