11 September 2012
Crews from Walsh Construction have carried out the second major truss lift for the Milton Madison Bridge project on the Ohio River in the USA.
The 222m-long span was floated out yesterday and the 2,000t assembly was lifted some 25m onto temporary supports.
Photo by Charlie Gannon, Walsh Construction
The bridge is being constructed using an innovative erection scheme by Buckland & Taylor that will culminate in sliding the entire 741m-long main bridge laterally onto the permanent piers.
For the Span 3 lift, the main navigation channel of the Ohio River was closed at midnight Sunday and reopened less than 24 hours later, explained Buckland & Taylor executive engineer Murray Johnson. The massive span was lifted using eight 300t strand jacks supplied and operated by VSL International.
The August 2012 issue of Bd&e carries a full feature by Murray Johnson about the project.
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