Monday, August 07, 2006
Highland Bridge Denver: A Milestone Weekend
Friday:
1. 11:08 PM: Cars on I-25 zip past the west bridge anchor as crews prepare for the night's activities and the arch segment waits on a truck nearby.
2. 11:35 PM: Workers prepare the bridge anchor as Downtown looms in the background.
3. 12:04 AM: With southbound I-25 now closed, the arch segment is lifted off the truck.
4. 12:29 AM: The arch segment rises higher after getting flipped over into its correct position.
5. 12:30 AM: Swinging it around.
6. 12:38 AM: Up and over the support frame.
7. 12:51 AM: Almost there.
8. 12:55 AM: Just a little more to the right...
Several hours later, the west anchor arch was securely in place.
Saturday:
1. 11:00 PM: Both anchor segments are in place as the evening's work get underway.
2. 11:46 PM: The center arch segment arrives by truck.
3. 12:27 AM: Flipping it over.
4. 12:49 AM: Up it goes.
5. 01:02 AM: Rotating it around as part of the crowd of about 100 look on.
6. 01:04 AM: Getting ready to attach the segments at the west end.
7. 01:20 AM: Taken from the 15th Street bridge, work continues attaching the west end as the east end floats free.
8. 01:31 AM: Downtown shines behind the new icon of Northwest Denver.
Work continued throughout the morning and by Sunday afternoon, I-25 had been reopened with the arch entirely secured. The Highland Bridge is scheduled to open in November, 2006.
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