New Bridge Replaces Haza rdous Structure

摘要

The Galveston Causeway Bridge in Galveston, Texas, provides critical transport for railroad traffic. Its predecessor, a 1912-era, single-leaf bascule bridge, was deemed the most hazardous bridge on the entire Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. A joint venture team of Cianbro of Pittsfield, Maine, and Brasfield & Gorrie General Contractors of Birmingham, Ala., received the $8o-million contract to replace the bascule with a vertical lift bridge.