State Route 30 A25 Rapid Bridge Replacement Timelapse

Work was completed in May 2016 to replace the Route 30 bridge over Bessemer Avenue in East Pittsburgh in Allegheny County. The single-span structure was replaced using accelerated bridge construction methods. It was demolished and replaced in just 57 hours using precast modules. Around 20 workers on 12-hour shifts cleared much of the old structure and pieced together the new one. It replaces a 1930 bridge that had become structurally deficient. The stretch of Route 30 carries about 22,000 vehicles a day.

[@NichoTBE]

I live in a town where they've been doing something similar for like 3 years.

[@theoneandonly1802]

It shows, when companies really do want to build something quick that has a high quality, they absolutely can. Unfortunately we are living in the world, where most companies don't really care about speed or quality.

[@ifpstopmotions9720]

@@theoneandonly1802 It still took them a month to build

[@juniotolentino460]

Here in philippines it will take several years to finish, and only takes months then damaged😂😂😂

[@kenchie2518]

thats too fast we here in the philippines will atleast built it in approximately 6-7 years..we first count our blessings in the pocket...jejeje sad but happening

[@toytulog576]

@@kenchie2518 cuz philippines dont have any machine that can build like that. they were all made in china and all d time there a problem with machine.

[@anthonytetreau522]

All i can say, is that was an impressive feat. I wish more companies and gov agencies would do more planning and great logistical execution as this project had.

[@kukri88]

it's way more complicated than what I did in Cities: Skylines.

[@masonhidari]

ikr , to think its not that easy :D

[@evostrike.]

same

[@JanRaymondCortez]

Here in the Philippines it would us take a year to build that mini bridge.

[@G00dgayme]

true

[@thoropgaming2233]

Same In India 😂😂

[@tajammulnaseem8928]

Here in Karachi (Pakistan), authorities would let the bridge fall on the vehicles, killing a few people. There would be a hue and cry for a few days and afterwards, all would be forgotten.

[@Zoundshine]

Germany 10 years

[@randomname7739]

Here in Italy it wouldn't be finished at all

[@burymedeep-be7dm]

Lower it to 11'8" so we can get more can openers.

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

Yeah that wont fly.

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

It was funny that you said that.

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

@@seanhamilton4169 No. Its good if the trucks hit it cause then they can make youtube videos.

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

@@seanhamilton4169 But its funny when they do it.

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

@@seanhamilton4169 No. It would be funny if the trucks hit it.

[@CanadianPrepper]

The government and their leeching contractors would drag this across a few seasons here.

[@pritamsamanta2329]

Just seasons hahaha here it takes decades 😂😂

[@Icureditwithmybrain]

My state (Hawaii) started construction on a 20 mile long fixed-rail system in 2012, the construction is expected to be finished in 2025 with a cost of 10 billion dollars.

[@Arnuld15Governator]

PennDot already does that, so don't get deceived by this video. They like to drag things out on purpose. I guess the whole purpose of this video from PennDot is to make them look good in the public eye. It takes them centuries to fill in pot holes on busy roads.

[@calfeggs]

Took about 10 years to get a bridge replacement over here approved, and 5 months to build it. It wasn't precast though. They did a really nice job on the bridge but the paving leading up to it is pretty shotty, very bumpy and a deep transition from the existing road like a speed bump. I think they rushed the paving and didn't get a proper road base down before paving.

[@chrisadams3668]

@@Icureditwithmybrain Democrat state. Are you surprised?

[@robertphillips6296]

Now that's some proper planning and coordination of effort.

[@MasterCivilEngineering]

Right bro

[@Icureditwithmybrain]

Whoever is in charge of infrastructure in this area is definitely competent and not corrupt, truly amazing.

[@Marpurrsa]

nobody: youtube at 5 am: wanna watch a bridge be replaced? me: HELL YEAH\

[@dmcrekt]

fr tho

[@pabloata4708]

Same

[@762forest_railway]

Restoration work for the collapse accident in Japan kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIqugn6vrNWHh9k

[@AsmerTrue]

аналогично!

[@amityFinder2099]

nobody: nobody: nobody: nobody: nobody: nobody: nobody: nobody: nobody: nobody: nobody:

[@michaelvelik8779]

Well done, may that bridge last a good long time.

[@Stuckneutral]

This is really something to be proud of. WOW! It seems like a year to do this around here. Maybe our guys should watch this and learn something.

[@WideWorldofTrains]

Wonder what the settings were for the camera? Maybe 1 picture every minute?

[@possessedllama]

The video is at 30fps according to KZbin, and it's 6:39 long, and about 13 seconds of that isn't timelapse video. That's about 386 seconds, or 11,580 frames (based on 30fps). There's roughly 441,000 seconds of real time elapsed in the video (based on the timestamps at the bottom), which means that A frame would have been captured roughly once every 38 seconds.

[@brosk1s883]

possessedllama I thought KZbin natively processes at 24fps unless if it’s specified that it is 60fps?

[@possessedllama]

"Stats for nerds" says it's 30 so that's what I was going by.

[@TheOriginalSycHolic]

@@brosk1s883 yt does 24 30 60 not sure about 50 or fractionals like 23.97 59.97? but to answer the question look at the clock on the bottom... appears to be a frame every 30 seconds. slow playback down to 0.25 and you can watch the minutes ticking off faster then seconds and the seconds flip flopping from 00 to 30 with no other values.

[@fansprintdesign2170]

@@TheOriginalSycHolic every framerate is possible for youtube, you just get special 60 fps text when the video is 60 or above

[@odo432]

Nice. Takes several years to do something like that here in Australia. Have watched a few bridges being built. Usually have about a dozen tradies on the job. 4 working and 8 watching.

[@ianmackay4096]

Incredible. Shows you what a municipality can do when they put their mind to it.

[@lukkyluciano]

never seen so many PennDot workers working, Usually 2 guys working, 29 supervisors

[@dagrouse3983]

lukkyluciano those aren't penn dot workers there contracted company's workers.

[@piotrwojtaszewski9746]

Look closely half of them is standing in place for long periods of time despite it being a timelapse.

[@rogerdavies6226]

there are really half dozen workers, just caught in diff places :>)

[@JoshuaH688]

People wonder how God made the world in six days. It turns out, it was a time lapse. Seriously incredible to see so much accomplished in a two or three days. It's amazing what people can accomplish when they come together and are motivated by the knowledge that something is necessary and possible!

[@Tjita1]

As a Swede, this is quite remarkable. They replaced a bridge over a river on a major highway, about the same size as this. 20 km detour for 3 weeks. Then they did a shoddy job paving it, so they had to close it for a couple more days a month later to repave it. Admittedly working above a river is a bit more demanding, but come on...

[@pizzaplaysblitz540]

This is a rarity for Pennsylvania. I have had a bridge out near me for 2 years now that they haven't replaced.

[@sugambera9208]

Such perfection, such dedication, and such satisfaction to watch this! Amazed!

[@rancidmarshmallow4468]

to all those commenting about "ugh where I live this kind of thing takes forever" yeah this is a major road with no reasonable detour, so they spend a lot and pay a lot of people for a fast replacement method. they do things slowly where they can, cause it's cheaper.

[@trellabor]

Wow, an efficient city road works - that's incredible.

[@alexandryavdak4955]

По трассе Харьков - Сумы Ахтырский путепровод ремонтировали 20 лет

[@tangiev46]

У нас в городе плановый ремонт, просто подмазать, подлить асфальт положить, на путепроводе все лето делали и потом еще 2 года ставили отбойники, перекладывали асфальт и наносили разметку.

[@ChesterSaD100]

@@tangiev46 Это всё из-за того, что этап "просто подмазать" не был проведён своевременно. Иначе было бы быстрее.

[@Online-gd8cm]

Why is this trending now when it happened in 2016? And in Pennsylvania, what a surprise. PennDot, you need to really publicize these speedy projects. Good job.

[@mackenzielogie6290]

KZbin algorithm at it’s finest.

[@MasterCivilEngineering]

Right bro

[@ikimonogakarifans6213]

Thanks, it means a lot

[@purplehayes5718]

They did a fast Rapid bridge replacement here in Wisconsin as well, It only took them two years.

[@felipecel]

This video is from may 2016, in Brazil the old bridge would still there in present day... detail, the cost would be at least the triple.

[@cursocuritiba]

In Rio, I think they have just stolen the entire bridge...

[@chocciechippie4770]

Very impressive! Thumbs up to those incredible people!

[@baylinkdashyt]

This was fun to watch, but I'm disappointed that it wasn't run out to show live traffic across the bridge, too...

[@clinthymes5067]

I like how you prefab the pier caps and sleeper slabs. Speeds everything up a week at least. Not to mention the prefab parapets and deck. Nice job

[@quadbc4059]

It took 3 1/2 years for a local contractor to finish a 2 year planned bridge replacement, these guys in the video made it obvious that they're the real deal.

[@gemmel3197]

Very impressive, you can't bet prefabricated for speed.

[@romangolubev6108]

Если бы делали наши (Русские) то менялись бы времена года, а не дни😭! Молодцы ребята

[@chrisdale2625]

I'm here wondering why there only a fence on one side I guess everyone o jumps on the left side of the bridge depending witch way your going down the road

[@MasterCivilEngineering]

Watch here

[@pawelabrams]

Probably something about the code. The side without a fence doesn't have a pavement, so probably the fence is more about looking safe and not about the safety.

[@pawelabrams]

In Poland most of the foot bridges and pavements don't have fences, only ladder-like railings. They install them only above train, tram or trolleybus cables.

[@h0xt0n]

In Cambodia, it would take 6 months to request fund for a project proposal, it takes another 6 months for site examine and study, another 6 months for approval, and 1 more over to completely finish the construction

[@keystonedaytrip238]

PennDot doing something quick & efficiently 🤔 I don’t know man , I’m having a hard time believing it 😒

[@shooter7a]

For those of you who are interested, here is a presentation on this project by PDOT and HNTB (the Engineering Firm that did the detailed design). Low bid was Brayman Construction at $2.33M. Looks like a well designed and executed project. abc-utc.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/08/2016-08-25_PennDOT_SR30-Over-Bessemer-Ave_08-19-16.pdf

[@NeoRipshaft]

Well that was cool as hell, mad respect to the material scientists, civil engineers, process engineers, mechanical engineers, other engineers, construction workers and support.... I guess I could just say 'all' >.

[@Blood8563]

Meanwhile in Brazil we are still waiting for a monorail in São Paulo, that was promised for the 2014 world cup. The construction started in 2013, and it's nowhere near finished. hu3

[@brielsaideles]

State inefficiency combined with corrupted companies doesn't mix too well... 3rd world problems, I guess...

[@BrokenLifeCycle]

@@brielsaideles It's a problem everywhere

[@jlribeiro]

Putz! A dilminha não deu nosso monotrem pra gente brincar rsrsrs

[@E_R_I_K]

Accelerated bridge construction (ABC) is a beautiful thing! I've been the engineer in charge on a few of them here in NY.

[@lesterawilson3]

What projects in NY? Typically stuff like that in NY takes 9-12 months (or so it seems).

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

Here in Oz. I'm driving through (one of many) a section of roadworks on a major highway where they are adding a second overpass (so one bridge each way), refubishing the old overpass, and doing a full realignment of the traffic lights on both sides. The timeline? Three years. It's been almost a month now and all they've done is remove the trees and excavate one facing of the old bridge.

[@whome2959]

don’t be fooled, Pennsylvania is very slow with road repairs and they suck.

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

You dont like cheesesteaks?

[@bryanwilkin7242]

At lest be happy that they finished it this fast come to India! For the same work they will 5 to 6 months This is way faster than for an Indian

[@whome2959]

djbryan2113 some things don’t get done for 8-12 months.

[@bryanwilkin7242]

who me there is this place in Bangalore where the dug up the road In 2019 January and now its July 2020 so basically 1 year and 6 months That they have still not fixed the god dam road.

[@MTips18]

@@bryanwilkin7242 That sounds like your talking about PA.

[@allanadam4553]

Here in Charlotte NC a bridge was removed over six months ago. It was designed to carry 2 lanes of traffic and a future street car line. Turns out street cars weigh more now needing the bridge to be removed and rebuilt to carry the load. The large crane has been on site from day one but only used for about a week, wonder what a 200 ton crawler crane costs per month to rent? From the looks of it, it might take another 6 months to finish the job? Great thing is that the lower 6 lane road is at its low point under the bridge and floods during heavy rains because of poor design as well.

[@Caddowolf]

When speeded up like that it almost looks like more than one out of three guys is actually doing something besides standing around and watching. That just isn't done!

[@coinage8356]

Well they knew they were on camera so...

[@rockydagalea2422]

This is the fastest bridge replacement they done it in just 6:39 mins. Wow!

[@SimilakChild]

Was looking at the sign at the far right corner the whole time..

[@marissahughett7620]

I love timelapse videos! This one is nice!

[@Angloman2000]

Great work, and God bless!

[@vineethrampalli7613]

Nice edited timelapse... Duration of replacement date 05-20-2016 to 6-19-2016

[@NoOne56488]

That would take 6 months to 1 year to complete in Australia.

[@marcoantoniohortapereira1950]

At least years to have a poor replacement in Brazil, costing ten times the fair value. Do not complain, because you don’t really know what an incompetent job mean. 57 hours? Fantastic! An outstanding achievment.

[@HamburgerAmy]

Took my state of Oklahoma 38 months to replace a two lane bridge, and the bridge had problems about a year later and now has a distinct > shape to it.

[@grantzelenick8200]

Only if they cleaned the roads that fast when it snows

[@grantzelenick8200]

@@MUCKFOOT399 that too

[@ronaldli5]

Did the surrounding neighborhood which appears to have normal households not complain of the noise from the work being done at night? Especially the jackhammering at 11 PM (0:19 in the video)?

[@Gram0f0n]

In my country, this would take at least 3 years to finish, and even then it wouldn't be at 100% it would probably take 1 election to make it to 100% so that politicians can say "Look we did it in record time!"

[@deaglegaming3119]

4 years ago , i am getting in my reccomendation now

[@christinakindler4281]

That is incredible!!

[@kirstinmorrell]

Amazing work. Just amazing.

[@MikeT-TheRetiredColonel]

I agree, I wish most if not all major projects had some sore of time-lapse going, I love watching them. Check out some of the stuff that Network Rail did in England/Australia - kzbin.info?search_query=network+rail+time+lapse

[@Grizbox]

I can understand a train track needing to be replaced quickly but why the big rush on this street?

[@ijdicer]

The lack of edge protection for the guys working on the cill beams and abutment tops is shocking. Even harnessed up it's pretty dangerous, it would be quick and cheap to anchor a basic scaffold rail there whilst working. And the guys using planks of wood as a walkway to a position of height? I'm surprised there wasn't a serious injury or death on this site. In the UK the HSE would have a field day here.

[@madhukar1982]

Thanks God, i am in Telangana! Now the roads, bridge are getting laid and constructed at a very faster pace.. thanks to KCR and KTR!!

[@MrDino1953]

Why did they drape the big plastic sheet over the bridge? And why did they only put a fence on 1 side?

[@Everythingisgoingtobealright]

In Illinois, everyone involved would be fired. This type of thing is unacceptable.

[@Yong130]

Took them 3 years to do that??

[@EdwardM-t8p]

So, did you guys use Set-45 or Duracal for all the poured-in-place concrete? 😉😁

[@jdgs38]

В россии это было бы 2 года

[@Работайте.братья]

хуеплет , да , 2 года , но не пролет , а Крымский мост !

[@DTN358]

That was fascinating and all, but wth was that squiggly line they painted in middle of the road? How hard is it to paint a straight line...

[@Нежелательныйочевидец]

чёЙто озеленение и рекультивацию земли не показали?..

[@tjwohlrab5715]

damn whole bridge replacement in 6 min, my towns been repairing the same pothole for 6 years

[@dylansfirewood6852]

Peepeepoopoo check

[@timfischer]

Must have been fun to live near that while they demo'd the bridge overnight.

[@ncot_tech]

Or you wake up one morning to drive over it and think "hang on, wasn't there a bridge here yesterday?"

[@pabloata4708]

ohh no, what a problem, noises for 1 night.. oh no, cry baby, cry =(

[@johndoe4440]

A small span of bridge with probably less unknown variables, I would venture a guess. Makes this ripe to be used as fluff for PR purposes, “oh look what we can do”! All the exec types who don’t do any of the actual work can now have themselves a good old circle jerk, exchange awards, and feel good about themselves. The workers are just on to the next thing.

[@AbnuCPaul]

അതൊക്കെ ഞങ്ങടെ പാലാരിവട്ടം പാലം... 😁 😁

[@00B13]

Pinnellandu... Worlds best !!

[@jecobshaikh4689]

I live in Kalyan india for 4 years they are making patripul bridge seeing this makes me realises how bad government can make a easy task a nightmare

[@anglosaxon244]

the chinesse would do it in 3 hours!

[@fuckheinschitt239]

Yeah and its faster to fall. Chinese quality sucks

[@derekl740]

3 days only to replace a bridge wtf crazy cool

[@siddharthchad]

i hope Indian co-operations would be so quick in response to such events in 2021

[@TotalVikingPower]

why not put the containers underneath or something to drag the whole section away, so they can start the new bridge right after

[@SomeoneCommenting]

What were they doing under the bridge that needed that plastic to cover or isolate from the outside?

[@gAccountt]

Damn. 3 Days and that shit done. At my town, couple of generations are involved just to replace some paving slabs.

[@JoshuaJEnriquez]

Why did they have to put that huge plastic cover ?

[@lawrencechiu9702]

the bridge deck sit directly on the abutment facings? Are the abutment facings supported by piles?

[@kristhetimetraveller3120]

Incredible! Was the plastic overhanging the bridge to help the concrete set?

[@predatorfromhell1]

This work was done right next to where I stay in PA. If it was in my home country, it would have taken an year (or may be more).

[@joeybags7411]

How many times you think that house gets hit by a beer bottle out the car window ?

[@nate2656]

Would love to be one of those guys who gets paid to just stand on the hill all day and make sure no one fucks up.... 😂

[@wesleyploeg9877]

awesome video! great content

[@6exG]

Now that's what i call speed bridging

[@unitedgavin2742]

3 days to make a new bridge but it takes months or years for a pothole to be fixed??

[@gtbproductions1]

Nice job Didn’t even stop for lunch 🥙🥗

[@coinage8356]

This was amazing. Why arent they doing this on every bridge?

[@Baggiesman]

Do they only work this fast when there's a camera on them? Would have taken months on end in my country or maybe in general we are just too harsh on construction workers?

[@felixlaw]

usually what sort of compensation the city will give to the house next to the site for this type of overnight project? like a stay at the local hotel?

[@kartikeypandey5681]

meanwhile in india 1 saal mei order ayega 1-2 saal mei current construction toda jayega 1-2 saal tak budget ka wait hoga 1-2 saal tak construction chalega 3-4 mahine tak kisi neta/mantri se uska inaugration ka wait kiya jayega. Overall kisi bhi project ko complete karne mein 5-6 saal lag hi jaate hai

[@evertonstecca8040]

Maravilhoso. Se fosse no Brasil, o timelapse teria uns três meses de duração... a obra real demoraria uns dois anos e meio, custaria umas 5 vezes mais que o previsto e ainda terminaria cheia de buracos e desníveis. VERGONHA!

[@powerman2610]

So literally with a shovel, you can dig and bridge support out.. cool

[@ZWIPPMANN]

Men at work. Getting shit done. Beautiful.

[@becoolenough]

The timestamp on footage shows that this replacement process starts on 05/20/2016, ends on 06/19/2016, why you say "in just 57 hours"?

[@BroomMirdon]

That was the amount of time it took from the start of demolition of the old bridge to the time the new bridge was able to be used. Looked like it was from about 9PM on 5/20 until about 6AM on 5/22 until the bridge was opened to traffic. That's not counting the time it took to come back and get everything paved.

[@dom1nno445]

This type of project here in the Czech Republic would take probably a whole year to finish. It would cost millions of dollars and they would probably close it within first few weeks after opening because of some major problems. :D

[@tinoruiz8802]

Where do I get a job demolishing things all day and should I start?

[@bigwheelsturning]

Was interesting to "pause" the video when all the "workers" looked like they were running around working. But on pause, they were standing around in "clusters". ;-)

[@waiyanlynn2267]

Believe it or not my country take 3years to repair nearly the same length bridge as in the video and now it is 4th year and still not complete yet

[@Frankovelli]

Why does only one side deserve a fence?

[@arsiarsi1884]

Nice work