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Check out the bingo sign!

Check out the bingo sign!. CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEPHENSON ST. BRIDGE. REPLACEMENT OF ONE BANK OF A CONCRETE-LINED CHANNEL CAZENOVIA CREEK @ STEPHENSON STREET BRIDGE SPONSOR: CITY OF BUFFALO, NY CONSTRUCTED OCTOBER 2005 - MARCH 2006.

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Check out the bingo sign!

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  1. Check out the bingo sign! CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEPHENSON ST. BRIDGE

  2. REPLACEMENT OF ONE BANK OF A CONCRETE-LINED CHANNEL CAZENOVIA CREEK @ STEPHENSON STREET BRIDGE SPONSOR: CITY OF BUFFALO, NYCONSTRUCTED OCTOBER 2005 - MARCH 2006

  3. CAZENOVIA CREEK @ STEPHENSON STREET BRIDGE • Urban Urban Urban!! Steep bank slopes-fenced off for public safely, concrete lined channel • Roads on top of both banks within feet of sloped bank of stream • Dense urban single-family dwellings • Floods fairly often due to flow, ice jams, & backwater effects from the Buffalo River • City of Buffalo, NY project • Pool-riffle-pool stream, less than 1% slope

  4. LANDOWNER: City of Buffalo property. CONTACT: None. LOCATION: One block west of the intersection of Seneca St. & Stevenson Street, South Buffalo.

  5. PRE-PROJECT AERIAL PHOTOby Dave Derrick FEBRUARY 22, 2005

  6. Flow left to right, left bank protection will be replaced. Pix by Derrick 2/22/2005

  7. PRE-PROJECT PHOTOSby Lallman RambaliNYSDOT REGION 9WINTER 2003

  8. Ice on US side of Stephenson Street bridge. Pix by Lallman Rambali 2003

  9. From Stephenson St. bridge, looking US Pix by Lallman Rambali 2003

  10. PRE-PROJECT PHOTOSby Dave Derrick FEBRUARY 24, 2005

  11. Looking DS @ project bank (left bank) Pix by Derrick 2/24/2005

  12. Looking across stream, left bank in background. Pix by Derrick 2/24/2005

  13. Most trees @ top bank are at end of life cycle. Pix by Derrick 2/24/2005

  14. Looking across at left bank. Houses flood every few years. Pix by Derrick 2/24/2005

  15. METHODS EMPLOYED • Sheetpile toe with tieback anchors • Lower bank – Large cut stone blocks with willow whips in between • Mid-bank - Riprap stone with rooted stock shrub plantings • Upper-bank – Soil with grasses & several species of rooted stock shrubs • Top bank - between fence & guide rail a row of rooted stock trees

  16. CONSTRUCTION PHOTOSby Jeff Fisk, Project Engineer, OCTOBER 2005

  17. Looking DS. Driving sheetpile @ US end of project. Pix by Jeff Fisk - Oct. 2005

  18. Looking across @ left bank, US end of project. Pix by Jeff Fisk - Oct. 2005

  19. Looking across. Old sheetpile & backfill removed. Pix by Jeff Fisk - Oct. 2005

  20. Lifting a section of sheetpile. Pix by Jeff Fisk - Oct. 2005

  21. Positioning & driving sheetpile. Note worker Pix by Jeff Fisk - Oct. 2005

  22. Looking DS. Note sediment boom. Pix by Jeff Fisk - Oct. 2005

  23. 3 months into construction, flow right to left. Pix by Jeff Fisk - 12/27/2005

  24. CONSTRUCTION PHOTOSby Dave Derrick NOVEMBER 4, 2005

  25. Looking DS. Old sheetpile removed, new installed. Pix by Derrick 11/4/2005

  26. Old sheetpile. Slag backfill had eroded tieback anchors, necessitating the replacement of all bank protection. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

  27. Looking DS. Note steep bank. Pix by Derrick 11/4/2005

  28. Looking DS. Driving sheetpile toe. Project is 1,000 ft long. Pix by Derrick 11/4/2005

  29. CONSTRUCTION COMPLETEPhotos by Derrick MAY 18, 2006

  30. Looking DS. Toe-sheetpile & cut stone with willows. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

  31. Looking DS. Mid bank riprap-upper bank- 2 rows of rooted stock shrubs . Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

  32. Looking DS. Trees-fence-shrubs-riprap-stone-sheetpile. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

  33. Looking DS. Opposite bank typical concrete. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

  34. Looking DS. Close-up of soil-choked riprap mid-bank & upper bank shrubs. Note engineered soil-clay-gravel-organic mix for stability & plant growth of shrubs. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

  35. Robust upper bank rooted stock shrubs . Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

  36. Gravel-clay-soil-organic mix planting medium Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

  37. Looking DS. Shrubs and top-bank trees. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

  38. Looking DS. Trees between fence & guide rail . Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

  39. 5 MONTHS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETIONPhotos by Derrick AUGUST 23, 2006

  40. Mid & Upper bank vegetation growing well Trees No protection, 2 rows of shrubs Riprap with grasses & willows Square cut stone with willow & dogwood whips Sheetpile Pix by Derrick - 8/23/2006

  41. Close-up of vegetation. Pix by Derrick - 8/23/2006

  42. 15 MONTHS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETIONPhotos by Derrick JUNE 14, 2007

  43. Looking DS @ left bank. Veg looks good. Pix by Derrick - 6/14/2007

  44. Except for willows @ toe, veg looks good. Pix by Derrick - 6/14/2007

  45. LEFT BANK All veg looking very very good. Pix by Derrick - 6/14/2007

  46. MONTHS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETIONPhotos by Chuck Godfrey-Trout Unlimited Special Events CoordinatorFEB 3-4, 2008

  47. Looking DS @ channel & left bank. Pix by Chuck Godfrey - 2/4/2008

  48. Looking DS @ left bank from bridge. Note plantings on bank. Pix by Chuck Godfrey - 2/4/2008

  49. Looking DS @ left bank. Water level has dropped, ice has collapsed Pix by George Cotroneo - 2/3/2008

  50. Looking DS @ close-up of left bank. Pix by Chuck Godfrey - 2/4/2008

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