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| 4 February 2023 - A view of the launch gantry with a nearly completed second span. Source: Alfred Yeo Chi Jin |
Reader Alfred Yeo Chi Jin, a resident of Bukit Batok West, kindly sent us a series of images of the contract J108 launch gantry. Good progress has been made with a second span nearly completed. The second span starts where the first currently ends, with the segmental box girder that has been bonded with the viaduct pier. The other end of the span will be located at a movement joint pier which uses bearings to support the viaduct instead of being bonded to the segmental box.
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| 4 February 2023 - A view of the launch gantry along Bukit Batok Road. Source: Alfred Yeo Chi Jin |
The segmental box at the end of the second span will have a flared base to allow it to rest on the bearing. Movement joint piers will exist every few spans and allow for the viaduct to expand and contract. To date, we have only seen completed movement joint piers for single bound tracks and not for piers that will support twin bounds. However we assume that the design of such piers will have a crosshead that allows bearings to be supported. There are several such piers already built but without the crossheads completed yet - you should be able to spot them being slightly shorter than their fellow piers. Have you seen any thus far?
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| 5 February 2023 - The flared base of the segmental box girder at the end of the second span will allow it to rest upon the bearings. |
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| 4 February 2023 - Where the line veers off into Tengah. Source: Alfred Yeo Chi Jin |
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| 4 February 2023 Source: Alfred Yeo Chi Jin |
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| 4 February 2023 - The launch gantry has been named Magnificent Mammoth. What do you think of the chosen name? Source: Alfred Yeo Chi Jin |
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| 4 February 2023 Source: Alfred Yeo Chi Jin |
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| 4 February 2023 Source: Alfred Yeo Chi Jin |
We'd like to thank Alfred for contributing this series of images & gratefully appreciate the effort.
If you see something, we'd love to hear from you - drop us a line on our Facebook page, Instagram or email us - details can be found on our contact us page here or on our LinkTree.
Contributions like these are greatly appreciated as they help expand our eyes and ears where we can't be all the time.
Once again, thank you Alfred! We look forward to hearing from more of you.
Update 14 Feb: An earlier version of this post misspelt the name of the contributor. The correct name is Alfred Yeo Chi Jin. We are sorry for the error.
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