|
|
Photo Essay
Workers remove last pieces of Interstate 35W bridge from Mississippi River
September 29, 2007
Photo essay by Steve Share, Labor Review editor
Click here for accompanying news story.
 |
Above: The skeletal remains of a segment of bridge on the west bank of the river. |
|
Above: A crane lifts one of the last pieces of steel from the collapsed bridge. The crane is operating from a temporary causeway extending from the east bank of the river.
|
 |
Above: Moments after the crane places a piece of salvaged steel on the causeway, National Transportation Safety Board inspectors move in for a close look. |
 |
Above: Suspended by a lift just a few feet above the fast-flowing river, a worker uses a torch to cut through a piece of twisted steel. |
 |
Above: A worker climbs onto a steel beam that lies partly on a barge, partly still in the river. |
Right: A crane prepares to set a last giant piece of twisted steel fished from the river on a barge. |
|
|
Left: A close-up view of the twisted steel, with inspectors from the National Transportation Safety Board awaiting their own look. |
Right: After the crane sets the steel down in the barge, the NTSB inspectors climb aboard right away for a first look. |
|
 |
Above: Barges have been transporting the salvaged bridge pieces downstream, where the pieces have been unloaded and placed on the river flats. |
 |
Above: Pieces of the bridge lay on the river flats, observed from the Washington Avenue bridge. |
 |
Above: With the last piece of steel ready for transport downstream, the barges line up in the river. |
back to top
|
