Rebuilt bridge trusses and beams put back on Albion lift bridge

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – One of the four floor beams on the Main Street lift bridge is put back this morning by employees with BVR Construction Company in Churchville.

Clark Rigging & Rental has a big crane with a 400-ton capacity in Albion today, putting trusses and beams back in place on the bridge.

This screen shot from a live feed of the bridge construction is from just after 10 a.m. this morning, showing the second of the two trusses being lifted back on the bridge.

The 53,000-pound trusses were removed on Jan. 27 by Clark Rigging & Rental.

BVR Construction Company put new steel in most of the 115-foot-long trusses. Only the top beam on the trusses remains from the original 1914 bridge.

Provided photos: The trusses are lifted back over the Erie Canal. The trusses were set on the north side of the canal on Jan. 27 for a major rehab.

The four floor beams await to be put on the bridge after the two trusses were put back.

BVR and Crane-Hogan Structural Systems in Spencerport, the general contractor on the project, will continue working on the bridge in the coming. It is scheduled to reopen in the spring.

It is part of a $28.3 million overhaul of the Main Street lift bridges in both Albion and Brockport.