Warren Scott
WELLSBURG A major piece of the new Ohio River bridge the 830-foot-long main span is now in place following many hours of planning and work by many.
And the task of moving and lifting the 4,100-ton structure, which was expected to occur over two days, was completed in less than 12 hours.
The day’s operations were a major step in building the bridge, which will extend from state Route 2 about a mile south of Wellsburg to the intersection of Third and Clever streets in Brilliant.
Adam Mathews, senior operations manager for the Flatiron Corp. of Broomfield, Colo., the contractor for the $131 million project, said Monday’s operations went “very, very smoothly indeed. Everything went exactly to plan.”
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Wellsburg Bridge Float Set to Begin at 6 a.m. Monday
Apr 25, 2021
Photo by Scott McCloskey
Flatiron Construction is expected to move the large tied-arch span section of the Wellsburg bridge one mile down the Ohio River from its current location along the shoreline at the south end of Wellsburg next week and lift it into place onto the existing piers.
WELLSBURG The Flatiron Corp. Sunday evening said the process to float the main span of the Wellsburg Bridge into place will begin at 6 a.m. Monday, not 8:30 a.m. as originally set.
WELLSBURG Spectators gathered early today at the Wellsburg Wharf and the lot of the Wellsburg water plant to watch as four tandem barges carried the main spa