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PHOTOS - Marketplace causeway bridge construction at Downtown Disney
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PHOTOS - Disney Springs Marketplace causeway construction
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PHOTOS - New fountain and steel work goes up on Disney Springs Marketplace Causeway
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So will they still have the little marina on the other side of the causeway? Or did they take that out?
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↩ replying to RJBThe marina is gone and I don't think there are plans for it to return in its previous form.
However, some concept art of the Boathouse restaurant showed amphibious cars cruising around in the water, so it appear there will be *something* coming back...
-Rob
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Marketplace Causeway construction photo update as of August 31, 2014. Note the decorative facings on the concrete bridge structure are going up. At the "T-Rex" end of the causeway, there appears to be enough plumbing for a food service/bar area, with an extension on the bridge for an "overlook." An old boat dock is floating in the foreground, near the stern of Fulton's Crab House.
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Close up of Marketplace Causeway facings installed on concrete bridge. Aug 31, 2014.
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↩ replying to WDWtravelerlooks sharp
Yet again I am impressed by the work being done at Disney springs.
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↩ replying to WDWtravelerGreat photos, thanks for the update.
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Photo of Causeway construction taken from behind the Lego Store. As of September 4, 2014. Concrete at bridge landing was poured since end of August.
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Thank you @WDWtraveler for posting all the update photos!
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Photo update as of Sept 7, 2014. More decorative facings installed at the water line on the bridge structure. Some of the construction walls were lowered behind Goofy's Candy shop which allowed upclose pictures of the bridge surface, showing possible planter boxes and plumbing. The bridge's concrete surface is lower than the adjoining Downtown Disney pavement (see ramp in last picture), implying the final bridge surface may include a brick surface to match the Lilly Pad near Fulton's Crab House.
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Marketplace Causeway photo update as of Saturday, September 13, 2014. Decorative stone work being installed on the bases for the light poles. Photo taken from Lava Lounge deck of Rainforest Café.
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Marketplace Causeway construction photo update as of Saturday, Sept 20, 2014. I originally thought the light-colored cast concrete sections applied to the bridge structure would be the final cover. I was concerned that the light color would leave ugly water marks from the lake water over time. In a section of the bridge near the Lava Lounge of the Rainforest Café, there appears to be the beginnings of decorative stone applied to the lower portion of the cast concrete structure, which would hide the waterline marks.