Hi,
The third lockdown… well it easier the first two. Because the guidelines are less strict for, and people are sick and tired and mostly ignore it. We celebrated Atzva and Mindal end of quarantine to have a ride on the new Yonatan trail that was built on the bank of the Yarkon River.
I used to run on that side of the river when it was most inaccessible – you have to jump on some trees and over the water to cross it. Now it is a beautiful trail, partly covered in wood deck and hanged over the river.
Along it is are explanations signs on the nature (Flora and Fauna) of the Yarkon river (the river, plants animals) and on the public buildings that lay along it (and till now closed the view to the river) – the scouts hut, the paratroopers house, the Beit Haloem and some artists locations.
The trail is called Yonatan on the name of Yonatan Gross, a lawyer died on the age of 47 from hard disease.
From construction point of view it is a normal deck, but what interesting here is the foundation. The soil is clay and deep foundations (piles are needed here). Because they wish to have minimal effect on the environment they used self-drilled piles – pretty rare around here. And only that, the piles are made of steel – also not common around here.
Those self-drilled steel piles require only small
heavy machinery to access the construction site. Moreover – no Bentonite was needed for those piles, what kept the site and the river quite clean from waste.
Take Care
Gad
As I lost the pic from my cellphone, you can see how it look here
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The trail during its construction – Yonatan trail
Parts of the steel piles inserted into the soil
The steel piles in place
The steel construction sitting on the steel piles and support the wood deck
The wood supporting the deck
The deck at the end of the works
The sign at the entrance to Yonatan trail
One of the explanation signs along the trail – This is about the Yarkon troop of the scouts
An active explanation sign along the trail – about Myna, a wide spread introduced bird specie
Beit Hazanhan (The Paratrooper house) and Beit Hachayal (The soldier house) along the trail
Some of the animals along along the Yarkon River: Nutria, Mallard, White Breasted Kingfisher, The Yarkon Bream
The Yarkon river which the trail runs along
Beit Nathan Rappaport on the trail
Beit Aharon Kahana and the Ramat-Gan Museum of Israeli art
Memorial to the Yarkon ferries. This was one of the location that the British Army crossed the Yarkon river on 1917 Campaign in WWI. You can read more about it in my post.
Egyptian gooses At the end of the trail
A sculpture
And also here you can find Hamtzitzim for the kids