Bridge

These are some pictures from G's latest job:

He woke up at 12:15 this morning and was at work by 1.

They have been doing prep work for this bridge for nearly a year now and finally, today, they were able to swing girders across.  

I like numbers, so I've got a few for you here:

• This is an 11 million dollar project for 1.3 miles of road
• The big crane:
• Is a 600 ton crane
• Took over 24 truck loads to bring in the parts for assembly
• Took 3 weeks to assemble
• Is 36' wide (track to track)
• Has tracks that are taller than G's work truck
• Has a boom that is over 170' long
• Is holding counter-weights that are 550,000 lbs. 

• The girders they swung across weighed up to 289,000 pounds
• They are 8' tall and 223' long
• They are hoping to swing all 5 beams across and have them secured in 24 hours...in between the schedules of 3 freight trains and one Amtrak train
• There are 3 crane operators, 15 iron workers, supervisors, and train authorities all helping with the weekend's endeavors

Here's to crossing my fingers that they get it done by 2 am tonight.  That is when FrontRunner starts back up.  If they don't get it done, they have to wait until next Sunday.

In the meantime, it was pretty amazing to watch:

Awesome job G!