Crane Sets Bridge Precisely in Place

When an old bridge was recently determined unsafe in Kirkel, Germany, contractors were called in to replace it with a brand new bridge. The new 49 ft long, 73 ton steel bridge that would replace it had to span the active Paris-Mannheim ICE train route. Also, it would have to be constructed in the middle of a dense residential neighborhood. To meet these challenges, engineers utilized a heavy-duty lattice boom crane that was able to set the new bridge in place with "laser-like precision" in two separate lifts.

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