Check it out: White Rock Bridge Going up!
Submitted by Michael W. Hubbard on August 30, 2010 – 8:23 pm2 Comments
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The first half is a done deal. The whole thing ran like a clock…they shut down one side of the road at 9pm and the bridge was on the bolts by 11pm.
So here was the deal…the first half of the bridge shows up on a semi going straight down Garland Road. Of course its longer than two lanes wide because it has to fit between the supports. The problem is that it has to be turned 90 degrees to fit on the supports but there are power lines and light poles lining the road. This left the crane with almost no room to operate. So they get the crew and a bunch of ropes to finesse the thing around and into place by hand. Never thought it would work and it was impressive. We are talking squeezing a whatever ton bridge by a telephone pool and a streetlight with literally a few inches to spare. They didn’t hit anything…all with a just a few guys from south of the border with some rope.
There were a few professional photographers there so there should be some good pictures…or if you want my camera phone shots, let me know.
If you want to send some pics my way, we’ll post them. Thanks, and sorry for the long delay in responding.