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In a single pick on Jan. 22, crews placed a 150-ft-long prefabricated steel pedestrian bridge at the Phoenix Convention Center. A 440-ton crane performed the 100-ton pick from a 45-ft-deep pit. The 30-ft-wide bridge was prefabricated in a staging area six blocks away, says Derek Beaman, principal with Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Seattle, designer for the $600-million expansion of the convention center. Corissa Anderson, project manager for the construction manager-at-risk team led by Hunt Construction Group Inc., says the bridge was “a perfect fit” between the two buildings it connects.