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The building of the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge
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Gantry cranes set to raise first road section
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Ship with first load of road deck. Two more to follow.
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Weight lifting test on winches used to lift road deck from ship.The orange bags are full of water and weigh a total of over 500 tons.
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Bad photo, sorry. Barge that will move road deck piece under gantry cranes. Notice huge blue 750 hp thruster motors that will help keep the barge in place using a GPS system. A tug will also be used.
The thrusters are shown here in the up position.
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First section being lifted by orange winches on base of tower. Ship will move to the left, and winches will lower road piece onto lifting barge.
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Gantry crane
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First deck section on barge
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This deck section is 116 feet long, and weighs over 450 tons. The mast on the front of the barge is the GPS antenna.
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First road deck section lifted Aug 7th, 2006, evening slack water.
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Pictures taken in mid December during walk across bridge. This is the Gig Harbor anchor.
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Deck section # 1.
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Old Bridge cables
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Workers connecting sections
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Bridge Dec 06 014
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Bridge Dec 06 035
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Third and last load of deck sections
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Old and New
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Shackle
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We were lucky to be on the bridge when a lift was to take place. Here the barge has been moved into position under the gantry crane and the lifting cables are attached
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