Sudden progress at the south end of Wells: demo this afternoon of half of the old railroad overpass (over an overbuilt lead the Rock Island used to reach a minor freight facility on the riverbank). Other half will be gone tomorrow. The new underpass will be oriented N-S or slightly NW-SE.
Even though the river bridge has been up since April, guy who seemed to be the site engineer said (if I understood him correctly) that the railroad only gave them 4 days to demo this bridge. Not sure if he was saying the Bailey bridges stored on site will be used temporarily at this crossing or further east as part of the SCAL rebuilding.
There's also some sort of elaborate backdrop that went up this week between Wells and the river. Looks like it could be a stage for a DPI groundbreaking or something, but it's awfully elaborate and not near the existing black platform that's been on site the past couple of years for such things. Maybe it's a film set or something.