Documenting the New Motorway, #2: The Bridge and the ‘Before’ Shots
Today was the first Sunday in weeks it hasn’t been raining here, so I jumped at the chance to find out how much has changed since the first post I published regarding the S2 Expressway extension. Unfortunately, that this is the wettest autumn in decades here has swollen the Vistula to a level that today, it was impossible to get as close to the river as last time. But it wasn’t all bad news. Here, you can see that the three supports spanning the river haven’t changed much since last time:
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Here are the first supports on dry(-ish) land on the east bank:
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Although I obviously can’t know what the final level of the land will be on completion, I’m hoping this next image will be a good ‘before’ shot, where you can see the supports proceeding away from the river. Note the trees on the left, which I hope will still be there in three years’ time:
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This is a similar shot from further away, to bring more trees into view:
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I’m still quite amazed at the steel which will go into the concrete to hold the motorway up:
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And I think this image might turn up as part of the cover of a future novel of mine:
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Moving further away from the Vistula, this residence is very close to where construction is just getting underway, and I hope the owner doesn’t bother repainting the gates for the next three years, to give me great ‘before’ and ‘after’ shots!
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This is the level-crossing on ulica Patriotow, south of Radosc railway station. It is difficult to see, but in the middle of the image in the mid-distance, next to the tracks the trees have been cut down and the topsoil removed. At that point in the distance, the motorway will go right across the scene, and again I hope little else in the shot changes over the next three years:
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Finally, this is the view just outside the Boss hotel. A large area of forest has been cleared because a junction on the motorway will be built here. The owners of the hotel must be over the moon at the potential future business!
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