Third Avenue Bridge Renovation - Rebuilding the Spandrels

Editors Note: We are immensely thankful to Mill District resident Doug Verdier, who did an excellent job documenting the Water Works project through to fruition, and continues to document the Third Avenue Bridge refurbishment project.

Lots of structural work involving concrete has been going on at the Third Avenue Bridge project these past few weeks. In this image, one of the tall tower cranes prepares to lift a form into position atop one of the arches where it will be filled with concrete to form part of a spandrel that will support the bridge deck. The spandrels are the vertical concrete supports seen in the photo between the arch and the deck framework above.