• Font Size    
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

35W Bridge Project On Pace, Project Manager Says

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +   
Mar 24, 2008 8:09 am US/Central

35W Bridge Project On Pace, Project Manager Says

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― The project manager for the new Interstate 35W bridge says crews are rapidly casting segments of the new bridge.

Jon Chiglo told WCCO-AM that crews are working night shifts so they can pour concrete by day. He says the pace of construction should pick up as the weather grows warmer.

Chiglo says he's "very confident" that the bridge will be up by the target date of Christmas eve.

He says the best place to watch construction remains the 10th Avenue bridge.

-------

The original I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River opened in November 1967 and was 1,907 feet in length. The replacement bridge opened in September 2008 and measures 1,216 feet in length.



(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.