Day 137
Bridge Info, Vol. II
August 10th, 2010
I'm walking across America.
That's the idea, at least. I'm walking westward from New York City for nine months or so. If everything goes according to plan, I'll be in Oregon when the clock runs out. If nothing goes according to plan, maybe I'll end up in Peru or Mongolia or Pennsylvania. You can read all about the details of my trip if you're so inclined.
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Here's my progress so far:
That is amazing!!!
That’s one big bridge.
Hey, I’m first 3 times now?
aw shoot!
Next time!
I quite like how they acknowledged that something bigger and more unique would most likely come along.
Unique at it’s time……Love that phrase.
All the way to “Old El Pasco”…now that IS a long bridge…where are my glasses???…
Since this bridge was constructed, Kiewit Construction has become one of the largest construction companies in the United States. Guess they knew then and obviously know now what they are doing. No “Galloping Girddy” bridge here.
This is so interesting to me…especially with the back and forth drama going on in the planning of the new I-5 bridge over the Columbia here in Vancouver. Even more interesting is the fact that there is a Kiewit Construction office right near the I-5 bridge.
The sign says it’s the second largest concrete cable-stayed bridge in the world so I looked up who got the record. It’s the Sutong Bridge in China .. http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/biggest/longest_cable-stayed_bridge-the_Sutong_Bridge_sets_world_record_80280.htm
Oops; meant to put the post from previous page on here, so here are the links again about Peter Kiewet:
http://www.peterkiewitfoundation.org/page.aspx?id=8&pid=2
http://www.pki.nebraska.edu/new/