6th Avenue bridge

Here in Lakewood, the city of Denver
will be extending our light rail, train service.

Lakewood is also home of a new medical
campus and new hospital, St. Anthony's

The new light rail will have a major drop
station near the new hospital and our already
existing Federal Center.

So the company built this new train bridge...

which was entirely built at the side of our very
busy highway which is a link to downtown Denver.

This way the construction did not have to impact this major
traffic artery, by closurer and detours.

After the bridge was completed it was then moved, slowly
across the road over a 2 day period, over a weekend.

What a sight to see and experience, I was able to get right down
to "ground zero" and watch the final adjustments as it came to
rest on it's cement and steel, pads.

A special truck company pulled the structure to it's
destination.
Quite a precision event, with final grinding
and sanding to make a perfect fit on the new
pillars. The entire project should be finished
by 2012.