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GOING, GOING,
by John H. Vargo, Publisher
Dave Rocco
the very photographer who took
these fantastic photos, had just gotten out of
surgery for his elbow when all this took place.
Never the less, he spent hours and hours in
Tarrytown waiting for the right moments to
take these photos. No question about it, he is a
dedicated man!
Approximately four years ago the super crane,
shown here in photo one, was in California being
used to complete the San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Bridge. Tappan Zee Constructors, (the general
contractor), with tremendous planning and
foresight, decided to bring the super crane
east to be used in the construction of the new
bridge, as well as demolition of the old Tappan
Zee Bridge.
While all this was being organized a little known
part of the plan was to remove entire sections of
the old Tappan Zee Bridge and ship the sections
upstate to be used as replacements for outdated
or damaged bridges.
The tug
Stephanie Dann
pushing
the section up river to the Port of
Coeymans for refurbishment. In
this photo taken by Dave Rocco,
the section is passing under the
Newburgh/Beacon Bridge,
just recently rebuilt as well.
The Super crane being placed in position on the
east side of the Hudson River to remove the
targeted section. (The intended section to be
remove was in the way of the completion of the
new bridge.) The iron workers then sliced the
section across each end of the selected bridge
section horizontally, then vertically at the
base of the section. while all this was going on
the super crane was strapped to the section in
preparation for lifting the bridge up and then
down onto a barge.
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