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New I-90 bridge over Fox: How do you build in a river?

November 18, 2014

At dawn today, wind willing, two hoists will lift a 190,000-pound beam from a waiting truck on the Jane Addams Tollway and heave it onto columns rising about 40 feet above the Fox River in Elgin. Two teams of ironworkers 170 feet apart will chatter on walkie talkies, calibrating the movement of the beam so it's in the right spot at the right time.

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141117/news/141118696/
 
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