One of the top construction projects is that of the long-awaited walkway linking Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa and the Magic Kingdom.
While construction at the site has been slow (the bridge arrived quickly, but has laid staged for weeks now), new developments, like the rotating dial mechanism for what we now know will be a swing-arm bridge, have been installed.
You can see that safety cones and barriers have been set up. Additional metal siding is also staged by the work dock.
All of the railings have been installed on the sides of the bridge, which features wood decking.
Seeing as though this bridge will be a swinging bridge (meaning the bridge will literally swing out into the lake to allow for maritime traffic, like the Electric Water Parade barges, nightly), it requires a rotary mechanism. It’s finally been installed, which means we are one step closer to getting our long-awaited walkway!
One end of the bridge will lay stationed over that round mechanism. Of course, further progress is needed before we can see the finalized product.
This walkway will eventually allow guests to walk from the Polynesian Resort and Grand Floridian Resort to the Magic Kingdom, without taking the monorail.
It awaits to be seen as to how long this project will take to complete, but one would assume it would be done before Walt Disney World’s 50th anniversary.
