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Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Oct. 26 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge fall sunset. Photo by Dan Gilder


Oct. 27 - Crews install a sewer pipe lining. Photo by Jesse Hudec


Oct. 27 - Crews install a sewer pipe lining. Photo by Jesse Hudec


Oct. 21 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge with granite veneer, railing, and light posts installed. Photo by Dan Gilder


Sept. 2 - Pedestrian overlook from below the bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Sept. 2 - Concrete street curb machinery. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Sept. 2 - Crews install concrete street curbs. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Sept. 2 - Crews install concrete side-street curbs near Wilson Avenue. Photo by Jenny Seelen


July 2009 - Crews install deck reinforcement rebar. Photo by Jesse Hudec


July 2009 - Installed bridge deck reinforcement rebar at the westend approach. Photo by Jesse Hudec


July 2009 - Crews install deck reinforcement rebar. Photo by Jesse Hudec


July 2009 - Crews install deck forms. Photo by Dan Gilder

The mid-span girder is installed.
June 10, 2009 - The bridge is connected! The mid-span girder is installed. Photo by Jesse Hudec

A girder is lifted up by a crane.
June 6, 2009 - A girder is lifted up by a crane. Photo by Jesse Hudec

A girder sits on a floating dock station as a tug boat drives it out so it can be lifted into place.
June 6, 2009 - A girder sits on a floating dock station as a tug boat drives it out so it can be lifted into place. Photo by Jesse Hudec


June 6, 2009 - Crews tighten bolts that connect the two girders together. Photo by Jesse Hudec

Second arrival of girders.
May 14, 2009 - Second arrival of girders. Photo by Jenny Seelen

Second arrival of girders.
May 14, 2009 - Second arrival of girders. Photo by Jenny Seelen

First arrival - one of the steel girders.
May 14, 2009 - Crane operator. Photo by Jenny Seelen

Second arrival of girders.
May 14, 2009 - Second arrival of girders. Photo by Jenny Seelen

May 12, 2009 - Construction site.
May 14, 2009 - Construction site Photo by Jenny Seelen

First arrival - one of the steel girders.
May 5, 2009 - First arrival - one of the steel girder sections. Photo by Kevin Kiess

Two cranes lift the first steel girder section onto the pier
May 8, 2009 - Two cranes lift the first steel girder section off the semi-trailer onto the pier. Photo by Kevin Kiess

The steel girders make-up the substructure that supports the bridge deck.
May 8, 2009 - The steel girders make-up the substructure that supports the bridge deck. This is one section of a two-piece girder that will be connected together to form one span. It weighs approximately 32 tons and is 133 feet long. Photo by Kevin Kiess

Two cranes lift the first steel girder section onto the pier
May 8, 2009 - Two cranes lift the first steel girder section onto the east end pier. Photo by Kevin Kiess

The steel girders make-up the substructure that supports the bridge deck.
May 2009 - The first steel girders leave the factory plant in Gary, Indiana. Photo provided by Industrial Steel Construction

April 23, 2009 - Crews work on the west abutement.
April 23, 2009 - Crews work on the west abutment.Photo by Kevin Kiess

Tied steel rebar
March 3, 2009 - Top cap of the west pier - tied steel rebar. Photo by Kevin Kiess

The "Sea-Breeze" traveling through the icy Mississippi River.
Jan. 29, 2009 - The "Sea-Breeze" traveling through the icy Mississippi River. Photo by Kevin Kiess

Work continues on the piers.
Jan. 29, 2009 - Work continues on the piers. Photo by Kevin Kiess

 


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 city installed banner signs on light fixtures. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 city installed banner signs. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Oct. 29 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jesse Hudec


Oct. 28 - Crews wash the bridge deck. Photo by Dan Gilder


Oct. 21 - The newly installed Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge number and construction date stamp plate. Photo by Dan Gilder


Sept. 2 - Future pedestrian sidewalk overlook from the bridge deck. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Sept. 2 - Hwy 23 Mississippi River bridge from the eastside looking west. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Sept. 2 - Hwy 23 Mississippi River bridge from the center of the deck looking south. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Sept. 2 - Crane on a floating dock lifting up a plateform below the bridge so crews can remove the wood forms underneath the bridge deck. The forms were used for the concrete deck construction. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Sept. 4 - Crane on a floating dock below is lifting a plateform (red) to below the bridge so crews can remove the wood forms underneath the bridge deck. The wood forms were used for the deck construction. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Sept. 2 - Hwy 23 Mississippi River Bridge deck looking west towards 4th Avenue. Photo by Jenny Seelen

Crews steam wash the barges clean before hauling them to storage.
August 2009 - The floating barges on the Mississippi River used for construction are no longer needed. Crews remove them out of the water and steam wash them clean. Photo by Dan Gilder

Crews steam wash the barges clean before hauling them to storage.
August 2009 - A worker steam washes the barge clean before it gets hauled away to storage. Photo by Dan Gilder

Cleaned barge
August 2009 - The cleaned barge is loaded on a semi-trailer to be hauled back to storage for the next bridge project. Photo by Dan Gilder

Crews work on the eastend roadway approaches at Wilson Avenue.
July 2009 - Crews work on the eastend roadway approaches at Wilson Avenue. Photo by Dan Gilder

Workers tighten bolts that connect the two girders together.
June 6, 2009 - Workers tighten bolts that connect the two girders together. Photo by Jesse Hudec

Crews install the mid-span girder
June 10, 2009 - Crews install the mid-span girder. Photo by Jesse Hudec

Crews wait for the girder to be lifted into place so they can tighten the bolts that hold the two girders together.
June 6, 2009 - Crews wait for the girder to be lifted into place so they can tighten the bolts that hold the two girders together. Photo by Jesse Hudec

Second arrival of girders.
May 14, 2009 - Crews unload the haunch girders that will be placed on pier #2. Photo by Jenny Seelen

Second arrival of girders.
May 14, 2009 - Second arrival of girders. Photo by Jenny Seelen

May 12, 2009 - Construction site.
May 12, 2009 - Construction site. Photo by Jenny Seelen

May 12, 2009 - Construction site.
May 12, 2009 - Construction site. Photo by Jenny Seelen

May 12, 2009 - Construction site.
May 12, 2009 - Construction site. Photo by Jenny Seelen

Two cranes lift the first steel girder section off the semi-trailer onto the pier.
May 8, 2009 - Two cranes lift the first steel girder section off the semitrailer onto the pier. Photo by Kevin Kiess

First arrival - one of the steel girders.
May 12, 2009 - Construction site. Photo by Jenny Seelen

Two cranes lift the first steel girder section onto the pier
May 8, 2009 - Two cranes lift the first steel girder section onto the pier. Photo by Kevin Kiess

The steel girders make-up the substructure that supports the bridge deck.
May 2009 - The first steel girders leave the factory plant in Gary, Indiana. Photo provided by Industrial Steel Construction

Crews assemble crossbraces to be installed between the piers. Photo by Kevin Kiess
April 23, 2009 - Crews assemble crossbraces to be installed between the piers. Photo by Kevin Kiess


March 3, 2009 - Installed rebar and wood framing ready for concrete pouring. Photo by Kevin Kiess

 


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Oct. 29 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge ped sidewalk construction at Riverside Drive. Photo by Dan Gilder


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Nov. 18 - Hwy 23 Granite City Crossing Bridge. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Oct. 29 - Bridge opens; Pantowners Auto Club is the first to cross. Photo by Dan Gilder


Oct. 29 - Bridge opens; Pantowners Auto Club is the first to cross. Photo by Dan Gilder

 


Sept. 2 - Crews pour the concrete center median on the bridge deck. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Sept. 2 - Crews pour the concrete center median on the bridge deck. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Sept. 2 - Crews pour the concrete center median on the bridge deck. Photo by Jenny Seelen


Sept. 2 - Crews pour the concrete center median on the bridge deck. Photo by Jenny Seelen

Deck pouring.
July 2009 - Concrete trucks standby to begin the deck pour. Photo by Jesse Hudec

Deck pouring.
July 2009 - Crews pour the concrete deck beginning at the center span and moving outward towards the bridge approaches. Photo by Jesse Hudec

Deck pouring.
July 2009 - Deck pouring. Above is a pipe that is pumping concrete from the mixer trucks out to the crews pouring the deck surface. Photo by Jesse Hudec

Crews back-fill soil at the westend approach reinforcement walls.
July 2009 - Crews back-fill soil at the westend approach reinforcement walls. Photo by Jesse Hudec

July 2009 - Westend reinforcement wall work. Photo by Jesse Hudec
July 2009 - Westend reinforcement wall work. Photo by Jesse Hudec

The first mid-span girder is set in place.
June 10, 2009 - The new bridge is connected! The first mid-span girder is set in place. Photo by Jesse Hudec


June 10, 2009 - The bridge is connected! The mid-span girder is installed. Photo by Kevin Kiess


June 10, 2009 - A girder is lifted up by a crane. Photo taken from the Veterans Bridge. Photo by Kevin Kiess


June 10, 2009 - A girder sits on a floating dock station as a tug boat drives it out to the center where two cranes will lift it into place. Photo by Kevin Kiess

A steel worker tightens bolts into the two girders.
June 6, 2009 - A steel worker tightens bolts into the two girders. Photo by Jesse Hudec


May 20, 2009 - Semitrailer hauls a girder to the construction site - turning off Hwy 10 to Germain Street in St. Cloud. Photo by Kevin Kiess


May 21, 2009 - Crews place beams at the eastside abutment where the bridge goes over Riverside Drive. Photo by Kevin Kiess

Second arrival of girders.
May 14, 2009 - Crews unload the haunch girders that will be placed on pier #2. Photo by Jenny Seelen

May 14, 2009 - Granite veneer work on east abutement.
May 14, 2009 - Granite veneer work on east abutment.Photo by Jenny Seelen

Crews install granite veneer.
April 23, 2009 - Crews install granite veneer on the east pier. Photo by Kevin Kiess

Crews install granite detailing.
April 23, 2009 - Workshop tools used by crews installing granite detailing. Photo by Kevin Kiess

Pier and east abutement construction.
April 23, 2009 - Pier and east abutment.Photo by Kevin Kiess

April 23, 2009 - Construction site. Photo by Kevin Kiess
April 23, 2009 - Construction site. Photo by Kevin Kiess

Crews work after dark pouring concrete pier foundations Feb 2009 - Crews work after dark pouring concrete pier foundations using a pump hose connected from a mixer truck parked above on the west embankment.

The "Sea-Breeze" traveling through the icy Mississippi River.
Jan. 29, 2009 - The "Sea-Breeze" traveling through the icy Mississippi River. Photo by Kevin Kiess

Crews continue to construct the piers throughout the winter season.
Jan. 29, 2009 - Crews continue to construct the piers throughout the winter season. Green steel rebar begins to be visible. Photo by Kevin Kiess

Crews use a flat boat to travel out through the ice to the pier construction site.
Jan. 29, 2009 - Crews use a flat boat to travel out through the ice to the pier construction site. Photo by Kevin Kiess

Mn/DOT Photographers: Kevin Kiess, Bridge Inspector; Jesse Hudec, Field Inspector; Jenny Seelen, Communications

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