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Roadbuilding
Crews begin dismantling old Tappan Zee Bridge
The video below shows crews at work dismantling the old Tappan Zee Bridge. A floating super crane is being used to remove large sections of the bridge and place them on barges for transport, CBS New York reports. Traffic has begun traveling on the first of two spans of the new Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge […]
November 16, 2017
Construction Equipment
Giant floating crane completes 6k-mile trek to New York for Tappan Zee Bridge construction
After more than a month and 6,000 miles of sea travel, the Left Coast Lifter floated into New York harbor last week to take on its new role as the “I Lift New York” super crane. If that’s a bit confusing, it’s a matter of nicknames. The giant floating crane in question was originally named […]
February 4, 2014
Roadbuilding
Massive bridge-building crane floats into New York Harbor
A giant floating crane glided into the New York Harbor on Thursday morning, ready to serve its latest purpose: To help construct the Tappan Zee Bridge, The Journal News reports. Named for its first job on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project, the Left Coast Lifter traveled 6,000 miles from California — even traveling through […]
January 31, 2014
Construction Equipment
Floating crane that will build the Tappan Zee Bridge, sets sail on 6k-mile journey to New York
The Left Coast Lifter has left the building. Or port, rather. Anyway, the massive floating crane, which will assist in the construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge, recently left the Port of Oakland to embark on a 6,000-mile journey to New York Harbor, according to The Journal News of Westchester County, New York. The […]
January 2, 2014
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