Bridge work is for real!

I was out of town over the weekend (and through Monday!) for a friends birthday brewery tour, but I returned to the river path this morning.  The presents just keep coming as I encountered the city of Reno crew completely ripping out and replacing the deck on the river path bridge!

Unfortunately, they don't sign the detour until you're about 50 yds. from the closure.  This leaves you to detour out on to 2nd St. / Glendale Ave. which isn't exactly bike friendly.

At least the sparks are flying on the rehab!

Out with the old decking!

The only thing to do now is hope that the new deck they put down is silky smooth and lasts for a good long time.  I'll let you know how it's looking throughout the week.

Bridge work....

Well, I'm not saying the KTVN doesn't have their story straight, but the bridge was still open this morning about 7:45am.

Yep, pretty open.  No sign of any work or preparation, no signs indicating an impending closure, no nothing.  Now, don't get me wrong.  I'm actually glad to detour and get this bridge some much needed work!  Wifey would rate this bridge as somewhere between bone jarring and tailbone breaking....so a little TLC is definitely in order!

Here are the temporary patches that went down last year.

As you can see, the actual deck of the bridge is pretty rough.  I can't imagine hitting this thing on 23mm tires at 120 psi like some of the roadies that use the trail!

So bring on the work crews and closure.  But hey, Reno, if your listening.  How about some signage indicating the closure!

Bridge closure on the river trail....today through Feb. 15th!

Saw this over on KTVN Channel 2.

So for those of you who take the river path for your commute.....find yourself a detour!  If you don't know where John Champion Park is.....its here (see the A).

If you do need to get across the river your closest cross street is Sutro (about a 1/4 mile back from the bridge) and then you're pretty much stuck on 4th st. until Galletti Way, if you want to get back to the river path.  I'm sure they'll have it adequately signed for the detour (NOT)!