ke6gwf
Well-Known Member
Here are some shots of sections of the suspension bridge portion of the deck being offloaded from the slow boat from china.
I was riding back with the boss from another CalTrans project, and I talked him into pulling into the Fluer yard at the east end of the bridge. We fit in except we just had vests instead of PFD's, which is why I didn't get any closer.
We weren't able to stay long enough to watch the lift, the boss had to get to a pre-bid, and it was going to take them a while to hook up.
I just carry a pocket sized (water/shock/sand/grease/diesel/me-proof) camera, so I don't have much zoom, but it's better than crayons!
The Port of Oakland is in the background. They had to make the pick quick because when they swing the crane around it blocks the ship channel. They set the sections onto barges and anchor them out in the bay for later use.
In the first pic you can see some red iron in the foreground. It's part of some falsework, and for reference the plate on the end was over 2 inches thin.
More to come!
I was riding back with the boss from another CalTrans project, and I talked him into pulling into the Fluer yard at the east end of the bridge. We fit in except we just had vests instead of PFD's, which is why I didn't get any closer.
We weren't able to stay long enough to watch the lift, the boss had to get to a pre-bid, and it was going to take them a while to hook up.
I just carry a pocket sized (water/shock/sand/grease/diesel/me-proof) camera, so I don't have much zoom, but it's better than crayons!
The Port of Oakland is in the background. They had to make the pick quick because when they swing the crane around it blocks the ship channel. They set the sections onto barges and anchor them out in the bay for later use.
In the first pic you can see some red iron in the foreground. It's part of some falsework, and for reference the plate on the end was over 2 inches thin.
More to come!