Billings Bypass Yellowstone River Bridge (Time-lapse Video)

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  • Опубліковано 2 лют 2025
  • Time-lapse video of Montana Department of Transportation construction of bridge over the Yellowstone River. This bridge, constructed by Wadsworth Brothers Construction, was completed in 2022. It is part of the overall Billings Bypass project and will provide a connection between Lockwood and the Billings Heights when the project is complete. For more information, please see the project website: www.mdt.mt.gov...

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  • @williamlloyd3769
    @williamlloyd3769 11 місяців тому +18

    Great piece of infrastructure that should serve community and visitors for a long time.

    • @skidoorulz4914
      @skidoorulz4914 10 місяців тому

      If they ever get it opened. Been completed for almost two years now and they are saying at least another before it is usable. Seems that the college educated morons neglected to get RR right of way and private landowner right of way for the infrastructure to be put in to get to the bridge. Great planning!

    • @lowlifetrent959
      @lowlifetrent959 9 місяців тому +1

      if only it was usable...

  • @Bartowham1
    @Bartowham1 11 місяців тому +17

    Great video. Camped there in 2022 during the terrible flooding at YNP. The river was very high here too.

  • @beverlyreiner-baillargeon6205
    @beverlyreiner-baillargeon6205 11 місяців тому +8

    Great men built that. Awesome

  • @willwipf7030
    @willwipf7030 10 місяців тому

    ❤wish I was driving my old yellow car , beautiful video well done,

  • @traumamama2007
    @traumamama2007 10 місяців тому

    Beautiful structure with a separate bike/walking path on the western side. Much as I hated to see road built thru our gorgeous Dover Park, they’ve done a good job of mitigating many of our problems. I look forward to the south side roadway being completed.

  • @michaelwolff305
    @michaelwolff305 11 місяців тому +3

    Loved it, great time lapse.

  • @HeartlandTuber
    @HeartlandTuber 9 місяців тому

    The ingenuity of humankind is great. If only it could be used for good always, like this project. Well done.

  • @4k-os
    @4k-os 10 місяців тому

    Good work!

  • @horaciovillegasarango3278
    @horaciovillegasarango3278 10 місяців тому

    Muy bien. Felicitaciones.

  • @southcentralmontana2730
    @southcentralmontana2730 11 місяців тому +7

    Hoping for a river Access site with it. Across from dover park. More the better

  • @jamesrichardson559
    @jamesrichardson559 11 місяців тому +1

    Neat video. The piers look a little spindly.

  • @1320pass
    @1320pass 9 місяців тому +2

    Nice bridge and time lapse. Might wanna get that company and crew to head over to Maryland. They could use a bridge or two.

  • @wolfman7393
    @wolfman7393 10 місяців тому

    True perfection. America at its best..

  • @thomasecosse
    @thomasecosse 11 місяців тому +25

    This is definitely not a Chinese ONE BELT ONE ROAD INITIATIVE, It is all AMERICAN, PRIDE in the JOB. GOOD on you AMERICA. 06 03 2024 UK

    • @censured-again
      @censured-again 11 місяців тому +1

      Except for the Chinese manufactured Bridge trusses.

    • @troo_story
      @troo_story 10 місяців тому

      @@censured-again🤣😂😂👏👏

    • @chechnya
      @chechnya 10 місяців тому

      ​@@censured-again Yeah right. Worst case, the steel is from Mexico

  • @firesurfer
    @firesurfer 11 місяців тому +5

    How long is it from start to finish in the video? The service bridge was put in quick. How long did that take?

    • @Torchify
      @Torchify 6 місяців тому

      I know the guy that made this video. He said it covered 18 months of footage. Great guy and great company. They can make videos like this for long term projects.

    • @paulprigge1209
      @paulprigge1209 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Torchify Thank you! It was awesome

  • @brucesegerdahl7892
    @brucesegerdahl7892 9 місяців тому

    Very proud of all the builders😂🎉

  • @GordoGambler
    @GordoGambler 11 місяців тому +1

    That's exactly how they built the last 4 bridges here. It can't fall apart.

  • @samsiryani9023
    @samsiryani9023 11 місяців тому +2

    Very very cool thing to see being built by real union professionals.

  • @warrenwilson4818
    @warrenwilson4818 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the terrific upload. Great job. Old bridge probably didn't have a walkway, did it? Mar. 13, 2024. St.Joseph, MO, USA.

    • @warrenwilson4818
      @warrenwilson4818 10 місяців тому +2

      Oops, there was no old bridge. Warren

  • @puterman7642
    @puterman7642 11 місяців тому +4

    Nice time lapse, thanks! When can we drive across it?

    • @MontanaDOT
      @MontanaDOT  11 місяців тому +3

      The bridge/overpass over the railroad and Coulson Road is under construction now. As soon as it’s completed a temporary connection to Coulson Road will allow public use of the new river crossing, even before the rest of the entire Billings Bypass project is completed. The railroad overpass is anticipated to be completed sometime in 2025. You can learn more on the project website: www.mdt.mt.gov/pubinvolve/billingsbypass/railroad.aspx

    • @babaoreally8220
      @babaoreally8220 10 місяців тому

      @@MontanaDOTI have fished the river there during the sauger run.Great fishing in that area.

    • @traumamama2007
      @traumamama2007 10 місяців тому

      Not until 2025

  • @lokesh303101
    @lokesh303101 11 місяців тому +1

    Need more of it in USA 🇺🇲 with the identified Motorways!

  • @babaoreally8220
    @babaoreally8220 10 місяців тому

    Beautiful bridge.Wonder how long it will take for the Mustangs,Corvettes,and Hellcats to initiate its span?

  • @waynep343
    @waynep343 6 місяців тому

    Is the bottom of the bridge going to be enclosed and insulated to allow minimum heating be done to keep the bridge deck from freezing and turning to ice.

  • @patrickwalsh2884
    @patrickwalsh2884 11 місяців тому +1

    Was a membrane put down over the concrete before paving?

    • @MontanaDOT
      @MontanaDOT  11 місяців тому +3

      There is a polymer overlay over the concrete on the bridge deck. A polymer overlay is a two-part epoxy product that adheres the aggregate to the deck that will seal the deck and provide an additional wear surface. There is no pavement on the bridge itself.

  • @abunader9398
    @abunader9398 10 місяців тому

    Good evening, I have seen this bridge, but the supports are weak and the ground is not strong under the bridge

  • @mattharvey8712
    @mattharvey8712 10 місяців тому

    Bravo.......rusted.........no paint?.......

    • @bill3641
      @bill3641 10 місяців тому

      Rust is the new paint . Alot of steel power transmission poles are left bare now....

  • @shabo857
    @shabo857 11 місяців тому

    how long before they are back painting the steel structure of this and sandblasting all the rust off

    • @markc2643
      @markc2643 9 місяців тому

      They used a type of steel that doesn't need painting. The oxide (rust) layer on the outside remains hard and slows corrosion way down. Just look at the U.S. Steel Tower in Pitsburgh. It was made of Cort-ten steel 50 years ago, and has never been painted, and will outlive everyone alive today.

  • @danmcclaren5436
    @danmcclaren5436 10 місяців тому

    why all that rust though?

  • @ujjol-t6t
    @ujjol-t6t 11 місяців тому

    How long does it take to complete to make this bridge?

    • @MontanaDOT
      @MontanaDOT  10 місяців тому +2

      The bridge was predominantly complete in one construction season. Construction of the structure began on November 19, 2020, and the last deck pour was on November 18, 2021. The remainder of work was completed by July 2022.

  • @johnkeagy5971
    @johnkeagy5971 11 місяців тому +1

    So they built a bridge to build a bridge? Then took the bridge down they first built

    • @gaetanomagnifico1836
      @gaetanomagnifico1836 10 місяців тому +3

      It was a working platform not a bridge.

    • @glennfoster2423
      @glennfoster2423 6 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, makes it faster. After all, time is money.

  • @fldon2306
    @fldon2306 11 місяців тому +3

    Now, only if MontanaDOT could fix the I-80 EB “exit” to itself, I-80 EB to Hardin/Sheridan, WY; it’s only one lane and way too sharp. Big trucks have to slow way down, then slog up the long hill away from Lockwood…

    • @johnpage6174
      @johnpage6174 10 місяців тому +1

      I-90

    • @traumamama2007
      @traumamama2007 10 місяців тому +1

      I-80 goes from Cheyenne to Omaha. You must mean I-90

  • @Erbeyleri
    @Erbeyleri 10 місяців тому +1

    👆👆👆
    👉🗣️🌏 DEPREM OLMADAN ÖNCE BİZE BİLDİRİYOR ZAMAN VE SÜRE TANIYOR

  • @mrbill8542
    @mrbill8542 6 місяців тому

    Anybody going to paint that raw steel ????

  • @fourfortyroadrunner6701
    @fourfortyroadrunner6701 10 місяців тому +1

    Why is this known as "the bridge to nowhere?"

    • @skidoorulz4914
      @skidoorulz4914 10 місяців тому +1

      Because it goes nowhere. No road there and they built the bridge and now it is unusable. Maybe by fall of 2025 there will be a messed up access to it but not until 2027 or 2028 will the entire project be done. They also screwed up and are putting a diverging diamond at the Johnson lane exit when they should have put off ramps and connection to this bridge from the I 90 - I 94 interchange and then there would have been another way out of Lockwood and then do Johnson lane diverging diamond. But Noooo! all of Lockwood residents have to put up with MDOT stupidity for at least 5 more years because The Lockwood exit is next. Knowing MDOT they will start that project right after Johnson lane is started and screw up the only 2 ways in and out of Lockwood!

    • @lnpipeline3306
      @lnpipeline3306 6 місяців тому

      @@skidoorulz4914 someone told me the only reason this bridge was built was because the land was owned by one of the county commissioners and he got stupid none for it. Don’t know if there is any truth to that.

  • @alexlong19200
    @alexlong19200 11 місяців тому +1

    Интересно, а почему металлические балки не покрасили? Это специальный металл, который некорродирует?

    • @melisjanbaev7384
      @melisjanbaev7384 10 місяців тому +1

      Да.специальная технология.

    • @glennfoster2423
      @glennfoster2423 6 місяців тому +1

      Engineering design, materials and construction technology has improved and changed in light years of speed in recent years. Most of current bridge building work today was only something considered impossible 50 years ago.
      Compare dial telephone technology to cell phones of today. What is a wire? A telephone pole?

  • @abunader9398
    @abunader9398 10 місяців тому

    My friend, the bridge needs strong, wide, longitudinal and sturdy supports made of concrete and iron. ............................. This bridge cannot carry trucks.

  • @gazirafik3473
    @gazirafik3473 10 місяців тому

    good get brother good get

  • @abunader9398
    @abunader9398 10 місяців тому

    Good. Ok

  • @kindnuguz
    @kindnuguz 6 місяців тому

    You don't paint the steel beams? I would think painting with weather protection or powder coat or anything would prolong the life of the bridge and make it worth the effort. idk but personally as a tax payer I would rather spend up front than risk it

    • @glennfoster2423
      @glennfoster2423 6 місяців тому

      Not to worry. When the bridge exceeds the limits of its design and materials life, it cal be replaced more efficiently with new, stronger and easier things to work with built on a 3D "platform" of extrusion and completion on one afternoon (relative to today's methods) at one-tenth the cost of dollars and time.
      A protoje of Elan's is thinking about it as we speak

  • @paulmcnamara6325
    @paulmcnamara6325 10 місяців тому +1

    Should have left it as it was! Instead of making a mess of lovely countryside!!!😮😮😮

  • @ПавелЗайцев-м3е
    @ПавелЗайцев-м3е 11 місяців тому

    14хгндц steel

  • @andydelarue9344
    @andydelarue9344 11 місяців тому

    A music video, pity

    • @4k-os
      @4k-os 10 місяців тому

      Mute is an option

  • @SegoMan
    @SegoMan 10 місяців тому

    Did the Billings beer drinking bear ever get out of jail?

  • @josephlalock8378
    @josephlalock8378 10 місяців тому

    to insure eventual bridge failure, always start with rusty steel...... you would really think that there would be corrosion protection applied before assembly then spot in any that gets damaged after its assembled but they use zero corrosion protection beforehand. i've never understood. i mean, sure...its all about the money but jesus, it's also about lives.maybe do it right the first time so it doesn't only have a lifespan of 50 years.

    • @MM-fe9mz
      @MM-fe9mz 10 місяців тому

      It's not rusty it's a special kind of steel, it's meant to be like that

    • @gaetanomagnifico1836
      @gaetanomagnifico1836 10 місяців тому

      Just had a new bridge built in Manitoba Canada and the same design, but the steel was epoxy coated, as it should be.

    • @MontanaDOT
      @MontanaDOT  10 місяців тому +3

      The bridge girders are made of weathering steel. This type of steel develops a surface layer of rust that actually serves as a protective layer.

  • @hswing11
    @hswing11 5 місяців тому

    STOP STOP STOP BORING BORING BORING

  • @daleolson3506
    @daleolson3506 10 місяців тому +2

    The music junked another video 👎👎👎👎👎💩💩💩😬

  • @henrykudlacz8888
    @henrykudlacz8888 6 місяців тому

    Chinczyk by to postawil szybciej.