Alton Mo.-New Clark Bridge

[68z302]

I saw both those documentaries and you could say they were both super human feats of engineering! Those Ironworkers that work on high steel get huge money but there isn't a lot of people who could do it. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img] There's a new Single Towered suspension bridge out for bids right now which is just a part the "San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge" replacement project. Wait till you see that one somewhere around 2008!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Mr70]

Saw that PBS Hoover Dam construction too.
That one is on My Videotape collection. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
My Granfather helped build O'hare airport,but in my opinion,that doesnt compare at all to these two Construction projects.

[djunod]

I miss the old bridge that it replaces... had to hold your breath the whole way across it was so narrow.

I love Alton... it is a little San Francisco with it's steep city streets (downtown anyway). When you go visit STL, you should go over to downtown Alton & visit there as well.

[Chevy454]

There's a similar old bridge down around Wickliffe, KY, just out of Missouri. When going to the Southeast, we stay on hwy 60 and take the back roads down through Wyatt, MO, and cross the river at Wickliffe, not too far south of the bigger bridge just north of Cairo, IL, on I-57. The old bridge is extremely narrow 2 lane, and the east end makes a 90 degree turn! Makes for a real treat when pulling the TopKick and the 45ft gooseneck! There's a little "pucker action" going on when we meet an 18 wheeler!