MLK Bridge

Client: City of Toledo
Location: Toledo, OH
Start Date: May 2008
End Date: July 2008
Contract Amount: $35 million

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. recently undertook the replacement of the MLK Bridge, a large bascule bridge in Toledo, Ohio. The project team finished the work in January 2008, nearly two weeks ahead of schedule, despite high winds and wintry conditions on the Maumee River.

The job called for the replacement of the bridge's bascule spans, bascule span counterweights and grid-fill deck. Workers installed the center structural members tying the two halves of the bridge together, also completing the bridge’s mechanical, operating and electrical systems.

The bridge was completely closed to traffic as the final two-inch deck overlay was placed during a 48-hour break in the weather.

 

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