Once the girders are in place, workers will install metal plates, fasteners and rebar to create supports for the new concrete decks, Fuller said. "They'll be out here 24/7," she said.

When you think of ceiling cranes, you'd generally think of large steel I-beam girder systems that weigh a million pounds and ...

The girders – each about 61 feet long, and weighing between 22,500 and 27,300 pounds – arrived by three semi-trailer trucks around 5 p.m. Sunday from Stupp Bridge in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

An added challenge was that an underground gas pipe was located beneath the job site, which precluded a high capacity crawler crane being used to install the girders due to the high ground bearing ...