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Cantilevers 1-4 begin stretching over the Main ChannelToo bad.
Some poor fellow pulled up along side me on my walk to work today. He was asking for 5th and Lake St, thinking that he was close by since he was on 4th and 6th. Sadly for him 4th St SE and 6th Ave SE are not even a little bit close to 5th St S. Given his tenuous grasp on English, I only gave him enough instructions to get halfway to his destination. I'm sure he was able to figure it out. Maybe.Pre-cast segments that form the main span wait in the casting card.
The kicker is that his 10 turn, twenty five minute drive would have normally been a 3 turn, 8 minute drive had the 35W bridge been up. Sucker.Anyway, I checked up on the bridge construction the other day by taking a 3 hr tour of the place that was led by a suspiciously Hoover-like fellow who apparently designed some of the bridge foundation. Word is that this is the fastest bridge construction of this magnitude to ever take place in the US. According to reports, the bridge should actually be complete by the middle of July, with about an month and a half of approach work beyond that before traffic is allowed to resume. That will be a great day.
Above: A pre-cast segment waits aboard a barge before being hoisted into place above the Mississippi.Right: The I-35W Bridge takes shape alongside the Norwegian-inspired 10th Ave Bridge
Guinness loves Nicollet Mall. Look at that smile.
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