Precast concrete construction, bridge constrruction: Kenworth truck tractor pulls a 120 ft long precast, pretensioned prestressed bridge girder from Grand Rapids, MI, to the Dixboro Bridge site. The red trailer with 3 axles supporting the far end of the girder is an Elk River Hydras Steer trailer attached to the end of the bridge girder. It includes steering, as demonstrated by its alignment to the left in photo, as well as brakes, all controlled by the truck driver in the pulling tractor, using control cables running on top of the girder from tractor to trailer. Dixboro Bridge over Huron River, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005.
Bridge construction site: Lower half of photo is south ramp of Dixboro Bridge to cross the Huron River. Upper half is the North approach, and in the distance is the intersection of Dixboro Rd with Geddes Rd. In mid-photo are tops of concrete bridge piers with foundations in the river bottom. Dump trucks are bringing fill soil from which ramp is being built. We can see the raised truck bed of one dump truck in right center of photo. In order to dump soil, it decoupled from its tandem trailer, which waits at far right center. Ann Arbor, MI, 2002.
Construction services: Ford L9000 flatbed truck with IMT 13034 3-4 story knuckle boom material loading/ unloading crane. Truck carries full load of dimension lumber and plywood across the Merrimack River for delivery to a construction site. Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, 2005
Earth moving construction: Bobcat 863 skid-steer tractor with stone separating blade/bucket lifts and sifts soil to extract and separate stones. Dixboro Bridge, Ann Arbor, MI, 2004.
Bridge construction: Caterpillar D6M 140 horsepower, 15.5 ton crawler tractor bulldozer. In background is Caterpillar CP-563C single drum padfoot vibratory soil compactor. Broadway Bridge, Ann Arbor, 2003.
Earthmoving construction: Caterpillar 350 crawler mounted hydraulic backhoe loading soil onto Peterbilt tandem rear dumping trucks that haul off site. Dixboro Bridge, Ann Arbor, 2004.
Caterpillar D6M 140 horsepower, 15.5 ton crawler tractor construction bulldozer. Broadway Bridge construction, Ann Arbor, 2003.
Soil, earth construction: John Deere 892D-LC track mounted hydraulic backhoe excavator digs shovel full, turns, dumps, and turns to fill again. Dixboro Bridge, Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2005.
Bridge construction, highway construction, flag zone: Flag zone to maintain and control traffic during repair of pavement on one lane of two lane highway/bridge. Traffic in our direction has been stopped so oncoming traffic can use the oncoming lane. After traffic in oncoming direction has traversed traffic zone, additional traffic in that direction will be stopped, and traffic in our lane will traverse zone. This reversing cycle continues until repair is completed and two lane traffic can resume. Bridge on US 197 across Columbia River between Oregon and Washington at the Dalles, 2005.
Precast concrete construction, bridge constrruction: Kenworth truck tractor pulls a 120 ft long precast, pretensioned prestressed bridge girder from Grand Rapids, MI, to the Dixboro Bridge site. The red trailer with 3 axles supporting the far end of the girder is an Elk River Hydras Steer trailer attached to the end of the bridge girder. It includes steering, as demonstrated by its alignment to the left in photo, as well as brakes, all controlled by the truck driver in the pulling tractor, using control cables running on top of the girder from tractor to trailer. Dixboro Bridge over Huron River, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005.
Precast concrete construction, bridge constrruction: Kenworth truck tractor pulls a 120 ft long precast, pretensioned prestressed bridge girder from Grand Rapids, MI, to the Dixboro Bridge site. The red trailer with 3 axles supporting the far end of the girder is an Elk River Hydras Steer trailer attached to the end of the bridge girder. It includes steering, as demonstrated by its alignment to the left in photo, as well as brakes, all controlled by the truck driver in the pulling tractor, using control cables running on top of the girder from tractor to trailer. Dixboro Bridge over Huron River, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005.
Precast concrete construction, bridge constrruction: Kenworth truck tractor pulls a 120 ft long precast, pretensioned prestressed bridge girder from Grand Rapids, MI, to the Dixboro Bridge site. The red trailer with 3 axles supporting the far end of the girder is an Elk River Hydras Steer trailer attached to the end of the bridge girder. It includes steering, as demonstrated by its alignment to the left in photo, as well as brakes, all controlled by the truck driver in the pulling tractor, using control cables running on top of the girder from tractor to trailer. Dixboro Bridge over Huron River, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005.
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