Project Update – April 11, 2022
What’s Happening in Traffic This Week
UPCOMING: Highway 8 Traffic Shift Week of Monday, April 18
This week preparations for the traffic shift on Highway 8 will be underway. Some delays can be expected.
All work is weather dependant. Please check 511 Alberta and The City of Calgary’s traffic information map for up-to-date information on traffic detours and speed reductions.
We appreciate your patience during construction.
South Pier Box Girder Segment
The first girder segment on the southernmost pier is almost complete. Shortly, a form traveler (a mobile set of forms used to shape the girder segments) will be installed and concrete pours for the cantilevered girder segments will begin.
March 14, 2022: Installing safety railings around the top slab on the box girder in preparation for the concrete pour 
March 30, 2022: Concrete curing under heating and hoarding tarps 
April 4, 2022: The concrete for the box girder’s top slab has cured and the tarps are removed 
April 8, 2022: Preparations for installing the form traveler are underway, including safety railings on the bottom slab of the girder
Highway 8 Flyover Bridge Abutments
The piles for the west abutment on the flyover bridge from northbound Stoney Trail to westbound Highway 8 are in the ground and abutment construction will begin next.
Looking east at piles for the west bridge abutment 
Compacting pit run at the east abutment; piling for the west abutment is visible in the background
South of Highway 8
Earthworks is ongoing in the area south of the existing Highway 8 lanes.
Excavation in the eastern portion of the site 
Moving west from the photo above, a lift of pit run has been placed for the road base