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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  12. Most trees near top bank at end of life cycle. Pix by Derrick 2/24/2005

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

  14. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  21. 3 months into construction, flow right to left. Pix by Jeff Fisk - 12/27/2005

  22. CONSTRUCTION PHOTOSby Dave Derrick NOVEMBER 4, 2005

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

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

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

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

  27. CONSTRUCTION COMPLETEPhotos by Derrick MAY 18, 2006

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

  29. Looking DS. Mid bank riprap, upper bank-rooted stock shrubs Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

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

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

  32. 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

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

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

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

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

  37. 5 MONTHS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETIONPhotos by Derrick AUGUST 23, 2006

  38. 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

  39. Mid & Upper bank vegetation growing well Pix by Derrick - 8/23/2006

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

  41. 22 MONTHS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETIONFEB 3-4, 2008

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

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

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

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

  46. WHAT A BIG DIFFERENCE ONE DAY MAKES Feb 5, 2008 (3/4 inch of rain + warm temps=10 ft high stage & ice out) ALSO WHICH BANK DO YOU LIKE, LEFT OR RIGHT??

  47. LEFT BANK –Warm temps + rain + high water = quick ICE OUT. All veg still looking very very good. Pix by Joe Kassler - 2/5/2008

  48. RIGHT BANK - All concrete, ugly year round. Pix by Chuck Godfrey - 2/5/2008

  49. 3 YEARS & 1 MONTH AFTER PROJECT COMPLETIONPhotos by Derrick JUNE 12, 2009

  50. Looking DS @ left bank. Veg looking good!! 3YRS 1 MONTH AFTER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-12-09

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