Re: First section of Laboto Trestle removed

Chris Webster Wrote:
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> Chris Webster Wrote:
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> > Pics or it didn't happen...
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> In the picture Roger posted (below), both halves
> of the gantry contraption are on the far side of
> the span that has been lifted out. Consequently,
> this picture appears to show that the
> truck-mounted crane was used to lift and place it
> on the trailer. This should have been a simple
> operation, since the span removed happened to be
> the span closest to the truck-mounted crane.
>
> The same truck-mounted crane will likely be used
> to drop the replacement span into place. Heck, if
> there really are "extra workers and overtime
> shifts into the night hours" as claimed in the
> Wednesday, 25 May 2011 12:16 C&TS press release,
> then the replacement span should have already been
> lowered into place by now.
>
> The removal of this span might seem impressive,
> but you guys need to realize that it could have
> been done the very day that the truck-mounted
> crane showed up on site last month.
>
> A much more important milestone will be when the
> gantry-contraption is successfully used to replace
> a span. I have no idea when that will happen - it
> might be tomorrow, it might be next week, or it
> might even be next month.
>
>


Geez Chris, give your negative spin some time out. There is another place you can post that if you wish.

They probably could have lifted the first girder before, but perhaps they left it in place to set the track for the gantry A-frames to check clearances. I doubt if this is their first bridge, so please give it a rest!