This may have already been posted. If so, here it is again;
The vid in the link shows, in time-lapse, how the bridge was built, and moved into place.
Leonor Flores 98 is a project executive and one of 63 FIU alumni who work for MCM, the construction firm building the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge, which will further connect FIU and its northerly neighbor, the City of Sweetwater. She was excited to share her work with her family, especially Michelle, who is interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) in school.
Biology student Roshawn Brown, who lives at 109 Tower, said hes thankful for the future pedestrian bridge and for a safer crossing to class every day.
Having this bridge is a blessing, he said, adding that it was cool to watch the rig move the section into place after having passed by it in progress every day since construction began in 2017. It was beautiful. It was amazing to watch something like this, because Ive always seen highways and bridges being built, and Ive never understood how this is made possible.
To keep the inevitable disruption of traffic associated with bridge construction to a minimum, the 174-foot portion of the bridge was built adjacent to Southwest 8th Street using a method called Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) and was driven into its perpendicular position across the road by a rig in only six hours on Saturday, March 10.
https://news.fiu.edu/2018/03/commun...ridge-move-across-southwest-8th-street/120395
