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It is the shape of things to come, one giant girder at a time. On Jan. 19, fighting a month of high winds, storms and snow, Cardi Corporation and its subcontractors got a clear day, and lifted the first three enormous steel girders by crane over the shores of Tiverton. Those girders, and about 109 more, will eventually become the bridge decking for vehicles for the new Sakonnet River Bridge. Each girder is 80-ft. (24.3 m) long and weighs 76 tons (69 t). What is called a “three-crane lift” joined them together to a total length of 240 ft. (73 m), going from support tower to support tower. Bolted together, four across, they will fill the 1,850 ft. (563 m) that the deck will span between the two communities of Tiverton and Portsmouth. As they were put into place, on the first windless morning in days, workers, spectators and commuters — traveling nearby over the parallel rusting, corroded Sakonnet River Bridge that it will replace — got their first glimpse of the new span actually resembling a bridge structure. By May 2012, or perhaps sooner, the estimated $163.7 million project — being built by Cardi Corporation of Warwick, R. I., under the auspices of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation — will be fully erect. Ground first was broken for this greatly anticipated project in April 2009. Northeast Steel of Portsmouth Underneath the massive beams stood Frank Busher of Portsmouth, who was more than just a fascinated see SAKONNET page 6
Photo courtesy of Josh Edenbaum Photography & Digital Imaging
The 112 beams being set in place will forge the decking to support an estimated 40,000 daily commuters and truck drivers.
Photo courtesy of Josh Edenbaum Photography & Digital Imaging
By May 2012, or perhaps sooner, the estimated $163.7 million project — being built by Cardi Corporation of Warwick, R. I., under the auspices of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation — will be fully erect.