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NewsAugust 13, 2003

Filling the last gap in the new bridge

Fred Lynch
Just before sunrise Tuesday, Aug. 12, a barge crane lowered the second of two six-foot steel girders that would close the gap between Missouri and Illinois on the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge.
Just before sunrise Tuesday, Aug. 12, a barge crane lowered the second of two six-foot steel girders that would close the gap between Missouri and Illinois on the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge.
Ironworkers used a torque wrench to tighten bolts as they finished installing the six-foot north girder which closed the final gap in the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge.
Ironworkers used a torque wrench to tighten bolts as they finished installing the six-foot north girder which closed the final gap in the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge.
A barge crane lowered a nearly 100-foot-long steel floor beam between the final two girders in the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge Tuesday afternoon.
A barge crane lowered a nearly 100-foot-long steel floor beam between the final two girders in the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge Tuesday afternoon.
The floor beam was guided over the bridge deck.
The floor beam was guided over the bridge deck.
Ironworkers installed the last floor beam in the deck of the bridge.
Ironworkers installed the last floor beam in the deck of the bridge.
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