First steel laid for Readsboro’s new $29 million bridge
Jon Hurdle A steel beam weighing about 55,000 pounds was slowly lowered into place as part of the new bridge in Readsboro.
READSBORO—The first steel beam for Readsboro’s new bridge over the Deerfield River was installed on Tuesday morning, in a crucial stage of the massive construction project that is due to cost $29 million and take almost two years to complete.
At around 10:30 am, a 500-ton crane lowered a girder weighing about 55,000 pounds into place with one end on the eastern side and the other resting on a temporary structure in the center of Readsboro’s steep-sided river gorge.
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