Dave notice it appears to be variable tension CAT ? What are the temperature vtiations there ? Appears that although the vehicles use standard PANs the way the trolley wire is attached would allow regular trolley poles ? Is that just what the pictures show is that system wide ?
Testing, including material from the Jerusalem Post
I have will also post additional pictures on the edited previous posting, construction.
Supervising the bridge construction.
Ballast fill befor eveling:
Next tocome will be the testing phase, which began while the bridge and the southernmost track were still under construction.
Interesting curved cable-stayed bridge.
Sharing my photos, starting with construction, which began in 2010:
Before construction began, sign preparing people for some disruption:
Former busway prepared for track construction
On Jaffa Road downtown, track to be in pavement in pedestrian and transit road.
At main postoffice:
Gauge and location bars at the crossover located north of the Shimon HaTzaddik station:
track fasening:
Close-up of switch-points:
Frog:
Track installed on Herzl Boulevard before pavement installation
Paving in process:
Completed paving at crossings:
Yard and shops, ;polds erected but catenary to come. Pieces of car bodies
April 2012
Cavatrava Bridge of Strings
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