Widening Huey P. Long

摘要

To spectators, the 10-hour lift of a 528-ft-wide, 2,650-ton steel-truss-span assembly that is part of the Huey P. Long Bridge widening project may have seemed like watching paint dry, says John Brestin, project manager for consulting engineer HNTB Corp., Kansas City. "But when you think about the fact this wasrnthree years in planning-from concept to design to getting it up-it was more like the blink of an eye."