The 223-foot-long girder was set at night using two cranes.
Concrete Technology Corp. has one-upped itself. Last summer, crews from Atkinson Construction placed 10 girders made by the Tacoma company that are 220 feet long and 115.5 tons among the longest in the country. That mark was eclipsed earlier this month, when Atkinson installed a Concrete Tech girder that is 223 feet, 4.5 inches long and weighs over 123 tons.
A Concrete Tech spokesman told the DJC last summer that the 223-foot girder is the longest in North America. For comparison, the massive concrete I-beam is about the same length as the wingspan of a Boeing 747-8 jet.