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1 Check out the bingo sign! CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEPHENSON ST. BRIDGE

2 REPLACEMENT OF ONE BANK OF A CONCRETE-LINED CHANNEL CAZENOVIA CREEK @ STEPHENSON STREET BRIDGE SPONSOR: CITY OF BUFFALO, NY CONSTRUCTED OCTOBER 2005 - MARCH 2006

3 CAZENOVIA CREEK @ STEPHENSON STREET BRIDGE  Urban Urban Urban!! Steep bank slopes- fenced off for public safely, concrete lined channel  Roads on top of both banks within feet of sloped bank of stream  Dense urban single-family dwellings  Floods fairly often due to flow, ice jams, & backwater effects from the Buffalo River  City of Buffalo, NY project  Pool-riffle-pool stream, less than 1% slope

4 PRE-PROJECT AERIAL PHOTO by Dave Derrick FEBRUARY 22, 2005

5 Flow left to right, left bank protection will be replaced. Pix by Derrick 2/22/2005

6 PRE-PROJECT PHOTOS by Lallman Rambali NYSDOT REGION 9 WINTER 2003

7 Ice on US side of Stephenson Street bridge. Pix by Lallman Rambali 2003

8 From Stephenson St. bridge, looking US Pix by Lallman Rambali 2003

9 PRE-PROJECT PHOTOS by Dave Derrick FEBRUARY 24, 2005

10 Looking DS @ project bank (left bank) Pix by Derrick 2/24/2005

11 Looking across stream, left bank in background. Pix by Derrick 2/24/2005

12 Most trees near top bank at end of life cycle. Pix by Derrick 2/24/2005

13 Looking across at left bank. Houses flood every few years. Pix by Derrick 2/24/2005

14  Sheetpile toe with tieback anchors  Lower bank – Large cut stone blocks with willow whips in between  Mid-bank - Riprap stone with rooted stock shrub plantings  Upper-bank – Soil with grasses & several species of rooted stock shrubs  Top bank - between fence & guide rail a row of rooted stock trees METHODS EMPLOYED

15 CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS by Jeff Fisk, Project Engineer, OCTOBER 2005

16 Looking DS. Driving sheetpile @ US end of project. Pix by Jeff Fisk - Oct. 2005

17 Looking across @ left bank, US end of project. Pix by Jeff Fisk - Oct. 2005

18 Looking across. Old sheetpile & backfill removed. Pix by Jeff Fisk - Oct. 2005

19 Lifting a section of sheetpile. Pix by Jeff Fisk - Oct. 2005

20 Positioning & driving sheetpile. Note worker Pix by Jeff Fisk - Oct. 2005

21 3 months into construction, flow right to left. Pix by Jeff Fisk - 12/27/2005

22 CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS by Dave Derrick NOVEMBER 4, 2005

23 Looking DS. Old sheetpile removed, new installed. Pix by Derrick 11/4/2005

24 Old sheetpile. Slag backfill had eroded tieback anchors, necessitating the replacement of all bank protection. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

25 Looking DS. Note steep bank. Pix by Derrick 11/4/2005

26 Looking DS. Driving sheetpile toe. Project is 1,000 ft long. Pix by Derrick 11/4/2005

27 CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE Photos by Derrick MAY 18, 2006

28 Looking DS. Toe-sheetpile & cut stone with willows. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

29 Looking DS. Mid bank riprap, upper bank-rooted stock shrubs Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

30 Looking DS. Trees-fence-shrubs-riprap-stone-sheetpile. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

31 Looking DS. Opposite bank typical concrete. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

32 Looking DS. Close-up of soil-choked riprap mid-bank & upper bank shrubs. Note engineered soil-clay-gravel- organic mix for stability & plant growth of shrubs. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

33 Robust upper bank rooted stock shrubs. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

34 Gravel-clay-soil-organic mix planting medium. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

35 Looking DS. Shrubs and top-bank trees. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

36 Looking DS. Trees between fence & guide rail. Pix by Derrick - 5/18/2006

37 5 MONTHS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION Photos by Derrick AUGUST 23, 2006

38 Mid & Upper bank vegetation growing well Pix by Derrick - 8/23/2006 TreesNo protection, 2 rows of shrubs Riprap with grasses & willows Square cut stone with willow & dogwood whips Sheetpile

39 Mid & Upper bank vegetation growing well Pix by Derrick - 8/23/2006

40 Close-up of v egetation. Pix by Derrick - 8/23/2006

41 22 MONTHS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION FEB 3-4, 2008

42 Looking DS @ channel & left bank. Pix by Chuck Godfrey - 2/4/2008

43 Looking DS @ left bank from bridge. Note plantings on bank. Pix by Chuck Godfrey - 2/4/2008

44 Looking DS @ left bank. Water level has dropped, ice has collapsed Pix by George Cotroneo - 2/3/2008

45 Looking DS @ close-up of left bank. Pix by Chuck Godfrey - 2/4/2008

46 WHAT A BIG DIFFERENCE ONE DAY MAKES Feb 5, 2008 (3/4 inch of rain + warm temps=10 ft high stage & ice out) ALSO WHICH BANK DO YOU LIKE, LEFT OR RIGHT??

47 LEFT BANK –Warm temps + rain + high water = quick ICE OUT. All veg still looking very very good. Pix by Joe Kassler - 2/5/2008

48 RIGHT BANK - All concrete, ugly year round. Pix by Chuck Godfrey - 2/5/2008

49 3 YEARS & 1 MONTH AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION Photos by Derrick JUNE 12, 2009

50 Looking DS @ left bank. Veg looking good!! 3YRS 1 MONTH AFTER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-12-09

51 Looking DS @ left bank. All veg is robust!! 3YRS 1 MONTH AFTER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-12-09

52 Looking DS @ left bank. Nice species diversity of plants. 3YRS 1 MONTH AFTER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-12-09

53 Looking DS @ left bank. Even toe veg is coming on. 3YRS 1 MONTH AFTER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-12-09

54 Vines & some veg growing amongst large toe stone 3YRS 1 MONTH AFTER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-12-09

55 Close up of robust mid & upper bank veg. 3YRS 1 MONTH AFTER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-12-09

56 Top bank tall trees to left & upper bank veg on right. 3YRS 1 MONTH AFTER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-12-09

57 4.66 YEARS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION Photos by Derrick JUNE 16, 2010

58 4.66 YRS LATER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-16-2010 4.66 years after completion. From bridge looking DS @ the entire project. All planted material showing robust growth

59 4.66 YRS LATER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-16-2010 4.66 years after completion. From the bridge looking DS. Except for narrow band of stone at toe, dense veg has covered the entire bank.

60 4.66 YRS LATER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-16-2010 4.66 years after completion. From the bridge looking DS. Good diversity of plant species with some volunteer plants (Cottonwood, Black Locust, herbacious, some invasive Japanese Knotweed).

61 4.66 YRS LATER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-16-2010 4.66 years after completion. From bank looking DS.

62 4.66 YRS LATER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-16-2010 4.66 years after completion. From the bank looking DS. Willow is growing well in the riprap section.

63 4.66 YRS LATER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-16-2010 4.66 years after completion. Looking at top bank & overbank

64 4.66 YRS LATER-CAZENOVIA CR. @ STEVENSON ST-DERRICK 6-16-2010 4.66 years after completion. Looking at top bank.

65 5 YEARS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION Photos by Chuck Godfrey Feb. 18, 2011

66 5 YRS LATER-CAZ CR. @ STEVENSON ST-CHUCK GODFREY 2-28-2011 5 YEARS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION. Ice is back!! DOT closed the bridge for 2 days, concrete channel UGLY but OK.

67 5 YRS LATER-CAZ CR. @ STEVENSON ST-CHUCK GODFREY 2-28-2011 5 YEARS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION. DOT closed bridge for 2 days. Ice pounding project, all plants safe!!

68 5 YRS LATER-CAZ CR. @ STEVENSON ST-CHUCK GODFREY 2-28-2011 5 YEARS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION. Ice flowing around plants & pounding project, plants look OK!!!

69 Brothers separated at birth!!


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