The skateboard park will be open during LRT construction. However, some elements along the north edge will not be in use for certain periods of times in July and August 2010 as crews construct the LRT elevated guideway. The family park, basketball court, cascade fountain and Millennium clock near 9 Avenue S.W. will remain open.
Beach Volleyball Courts - Due to modifying the north parking lot and West LRT construction, the existing beach volleyball courts were removed. The West LRT project team and Calgary Parks relocated two of the beach volleyball courts to Bow River Park, which is just west of Pumphouse Theatre for the duration of West LRT construction in Millennium Park.
People can access Shaw Millennium Park at the south and west ends from 9 Avenue S.W. and 14 Street S.W. respectively.
Launching Truss and Elevated Guideway
Shaw Millennium Park is one of the main staging grounds for the West LRT project. It is also the future site of the elevated guideway, which will carry trains west from the city centre. The elevated guideway will travel from Shaw Millennium Park to Crowchild Trail where it will descend to ground level in the median of Bow Trail.
The 117-metre long launching truss is complete and is now constructing the 1.5 km elevated guideway. The guideway is the first of its kind in Calgary traveling from Shaw Millennium Park to the Bow Trail and Crowchild Trail interchange.
Over the next six months, it will pick up and install hundreds of 12 tonne concrete segments on 37 piers, some of which are 20 metres tall. You can watch a time lapse of the truss being installed onto the first two piers on the Construction News web page. The Route Animation shows you a rendering of what the elevated guideway will look like when it's complete.
Fast Facts - Launching Truss and Elevated Guideway
Launching truss dimensions: 450 tonnes and longer than a CFL football field.
Last project used: Seattle’s Central Link LRT Project.
Precast concrete segment length: three metres.
Length of elevated guideway: 1.5 kilometres.
Number of piers: 37.
Highest elevated point: Approximately 20 metres from the ground.
Elevation over 9 Avenue S.W. ramp and eastbound Bow Trail: approx. 5.5 metres to underside.
