Looking
northwest at jacking towers on each bridge corner
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Bracing
jacking towers at southwest corner of bridge
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Looking
southeast at tower construction
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Looking
southwest at jacking towers
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Tower
base at southeast corner
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Crossbeam
supports and top girders installed
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All
six jacking towers in place to begin lifting bridge
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3
hours later, bridge has been raised 30 feet |
Dollies
are positioned under bridge to move to twin barges
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Twin
barges are readied for bridge
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Aug
24 - Dissmantling of jacking towers
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'Bumper
pads' being removed from pier near barges
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Aug
25 - Begin bridge move to south edge of pier
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View
from south edge of pier during move
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Aug
26 - Marking path of bridge to barges
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Steel
ramps in place between pier and twin barges
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Bridge
moves on barges as water is pumped out for leveling
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Bilge
pumps and heavy-guage steel decking on barges
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Reinforced
decking accepts 5.5 million pounds of bridge
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Final
bilging as bridge rests completely on barges
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