Trusses expected to be put back on Albion lift bridge on Monday
Photos by Tom Rivers: The bridge trusses have been refurbished with some new steel pieces and new paint. BVR Construction Company in Churchville has done much of the work as a subcontractor on the project. Crane-Hogan Structural Systems in Spencerport is the general contractor for the project and has been doing the concrete work on each side of the bridge.
ALBION – After nearly a year with no bridge spanning the Erie Canal on Main Street in Albion, the trusses are expected to be put back on Monday. The bridge is scheduled to open to traffic in the spring.
The 53,000-pound trusses were removed in Jan. 27 with Clark Rigging & Rental using a big crane with a 400-ton capacity.
The crane has been in Albion this week but the weather hasn’t cooperated due to the wind on some days, and today’s anticipated rain.
A 53,000-pound truss from the Main Street lift bridge in Albion was moved to land just north of the canal on Jan. 27. Clark Rigging & Rental was able to use a big crane with a 400-ton capacity.
The 115-foot-long trusses have been refurbished while placed on cradles on the north side of the canal. Some of the existing steel was rehabilitated and other corded pieces were replaced with new high-pressured beams and other steel.
The state Department of Transportation is paying for a major overhaul of the bridge from 1914. It last received extensive work in the 1980s and has had frequent repairs since then.
The Albion and Brockport lift bridges on Main Street are both getting a massive overhaul. They were bid together for a combined $28.3 million project.
