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April 21-22, 2006: MAIN SPAN CLOSURE
April 2006: Preparation for Main Span Closure
Fall 2005 – Winter 2006: Construction Activity
July 2005: Superstructure Erection, Piers 37 & 38; Footing Preparation, Pier 39
June 2005: Construction begins in a horizontal direction with pier table installation at Pier 37
May 2005: Bow-Tie Strut Ceiling Slab Pour, Pier 38; Steel and Stay-Cable Guide Pipe Assembly and Installation, Pier 37
January-March 2005: Pier 37, Bow-tie Strut Construction
Fall 2004 – Bridge Components; Tower Crane Erection, Pier 37
August-September 2004: Pier 37 capped, Pier 39 drill shafts under construction
April-July 2004: Tower base construction, Piers 36, 37, 38
March 2004: Caissons completed, Piers 37 & 38
January-February 2004: Preparation for Seal Pours, Pier 37
June-July 2003: Activity at Piers 36,37,38
April 2003: Coffer dam construction at Pier 37; Foundation work at Pier 36.
November 2002 – March 2003: Upper caisson construction begins at Pier 37
October 2002 – Divers remove air domes; Dredging at Pier 37.
August-September, 2002 – Concrete mixing and transfer process; concrete pours at Pier 37.
July 2002 – Form work for exterior walls and dredge wells at Pier 37; initial form work for Pier 38
June 27, 2002 – Pier 38 cutting edge floated into position
June 2002 – Lead engineers view Pier 37; Crawfish Boil
May-June 2002 – Mississippi River Flooding
May 2002 – Concrete pours, interior of Pier 37 & 38 cutting edges
April 2002 – Pier 38 caisson and breakwater construction
April 2002 – Cutting edge for Pier 37 moved to breakwater & fastened to caisson guide
March 2002 – Completion of Pier 37 breakwater, delivery of Pier 38 cutting edge
March 2002 – Launch of Pier 38 cutting edge at Corn Island, Indiana
March 2002 – Form work and initial concrete pours of Pier 37
Feb-Mar 2002 – Installation of Breakwater at Pier 37
February 2002 – Concrete form work on cutting edge for Pier 37
Jan-Feb 2002 – Arrival of first cutting edge, fabrication of breakwater components
December 2001 – Construction begins with laying of articulated concrete mats
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