Mitchster - Minneapolis Photography Photo Blog » St. Anthony Bridge Assembly http://www.mitchster.com Daily Minneapolis Photos Phootblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:17:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 St. Anthony Bridge Assembly http://www.mitchster.com/2008/06/26/saint-anthony-bridge-assembly/ http://www.mitchster.com/2008/06/26/saint-anthony-bridge-assembly/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:15:06 +0000 Mitchster http://www.mitchster.com/?p=289 Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow’s daily photos of Minneapolis and the Twin Cities.

35W St. Anthony Bridge Construction

Here’s what the St. Anthony Bridge segments look like before they install them. Note the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in the background (home of the Minnesota Twins & Vikings) behind the Valspar paint company.

How would you move something this big & heavy half a mile? Check it out…

Shuttle Lift

Look closely, a segment is actually hanging from the Shuttle lift.
Speaking of looking closely…
bridge segments

Here’s a 500mm telephoto of the side of the segments, you can see how they interlock.

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