Along the Anacostia – East of 11th Street

We visited both the bridge construction site and the new boathouse site (fomerly Anacostia Marina) today.  It was a great day for snapping pictures and even had a chance to chat with some folks about progress on the bridge.

At the bridge site, the contractor putting pilings in.  The contractor has had difficulty getting the pilings in given the uncertainty of what lies at the bottom of the river.  Per my last post, the City did find numerous sunken boats at the bottom of the river.  The workers are softening the river bottom and then will begin drilling within the next fews days so they can set in al 9 pilings.  The pilings will have to support the entire bridge structure and all the traffic on it, so you can imagine the size of the pilings.  There are no estimates, at least publicly as to when they will finish with the pilings.  They will begin 24/7 ops very soon, rain or shine.   I hope these guys have lots of warm coffee for the bitterly cold days likely ahead.  As reported on JD’s blog today via Twitter post, a raze permit was submitted to demolish the existing boathouse and 2nd building (sniffle sniffle).  It’s hard to believe the time is coming so quickly.  The boathouse community is prepping to move out by April contigent upon the new facility up river being ready.

The new facility is gradually transforming from the Anacostia Marina to the new Anacosita Community Boathouse.  It is exciting to see it take shape.  Work in the river is nearly complete from what we could see today – no one on site to verify with.  Site prep work on land is progressing.  One of the smaller buildings that looked like a bunker of sorts, is gone.  The big blue buiding is still standing, but it appears they have been cleaning out (see my tweet).

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