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April 30, 2005

Paving

Paving continues, albeit at a slow pace due to weather delays. Here are a couple of photos to give some idea of the scale and progress.

Looking west at the Bidwell machine that spans the inner north lane.

Looking east at the nothern outer and inner lanes.

Paving the southern lanes

Looking west. You can see the rails bounding the inner southern lane that the Bidwell machine rides on

Here is the outer southern lane, about 25% complete

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