Building bridges across North America

A crucial key to transportation infrastructure, bridges are mighty feats of engineering that serve as conduits across the country. As bridge technology advances, so do the techniques for lifting and setting a variety of elements in the realm of bridge construction. “The use of Accelerated Bridge Construction, (ABC) is growing, with prefabricated elements and systems reducing or eliminating the onsite construction time needed to build a similar structure using conventional methods,” said Donald Krause, vice president of marketing communications, Stevenson Crane. “Cranes play a major role in the completion of these types of bridge projects. From the loading of the prefabricated bridge elements and systems onto the heavy haul trucks to the off-loading and setting of the bridge spans, cranes are utilized.”