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Mass.’s Astro Crane Gives Big Lift to Route 111 Bridge Project in N.H. By Jay Adams
CEG CORRESPONDENT
High above the New Hampshire roads, in the shadow of Canobee Lake Park, two cranes and a dozen men coupled big steel beams into place. Those huge steel beams for the bridge were set by S & W Construction, a steel erecting company in Concord, N.H., and lifted up by cranes supplied by Astro Crane Company of Stow, Mass., subcontractors working under the guidance of Middlesex Corporation, the project’s general contractor, based in Littleton, Mass. The new bridge is part of Astro Crane has kept two all-terrain, truck-mounted Liebherr hydraulic cranes, the construction of a new I- models LTM 1160 and LTM 1220, on the project. 93 northbound roadway in us. We’ve kept two cranes on site, two the area of Exit 3 on the new highway Liebherr cranes. They are all-terrain, alignment. Middlesex is overseeing truck-mounted, hydraulic cranes. The the $25 million project, which is two models are LTM 1160 and LTM scheduled for completion by the end 1220. They are great to hoist steel. of September 2010. Each crane picks up one beam length. We hold them up while S & W conWorking Partners nects them and puts in the splice, Mike Wright of Astro Crane is the where the two beams connect, then, project manager for his company and they put in all the bolts,” said Wright. the crane operator on the Route 111 A total of 32 beams make up the bridge. It is his job to hoist the steel bridge, the heaviest weighing 59,000 beams for S & W to put in place. The lbs. (26,761 kg). second operator on the job is Steve “The beams are 97 inches tall, just Piso. over 8 feet high,” said Wright. “The “It’s a big bridge going over Route largest ones we did were 116 feet 111,” said Wright, who also is one of long. The span, the total length of the the sons of Astro Crane co-owner bridge, is just under 400 feet.” Marty Wright. “I’ve been running a He added that working with S & W crane for 14 years now, and this is a is as smooth as the steel beams thempretty interesting job. “There is some big steel being Astro Crane holds the beams up while selves. used,” he added. “It’s a good job for S & W connects them. see BRIDGE page 4