Dec. 13, 2012
ORANGE – As part of Orange County Transportation Authority’s (OCTA) West County Connectors project pile driving will occur on the I-405 freeway to reconstruct the Seal Beach Boulevard Bridge.
The pile driving will begin on Wednesday, Dec. 19 and will continue sporadically on weekdays between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. over the next several months.
Pile driving is a common method of constructing bridge foundations. To support the bridge, steel or concrete beams are driven into the ground by a large hammer mounted on a crane, until they reach a hard layer of earth beneath the foundation. Please be advised this activity may be loud and disruptive because of to vibration and pounding.
The $277 million West County Connectors project will improve traffic flow by directly connecting carpool lanes on I-405, I-605 and SR-22. In addition, a second carpool lane will be constructed on I-405 between SR-22 and I-605. The 6-mile project traverses the cities of Garden Grove, Westminster, Seal Beach, Los Alamitos, Long Beach and the community of Rossmoor.
For more information regarding the West County Connectors project, visit www.octa.net/wcc or email a representative at WCCProject@octa.net.
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