Progress Differs at Bridge Sites of Two Fatal Collapses
Investigations continued last week into the causes of two separate, fatal accidents at major bridge projects but investigators still have more questions than answers.
In Toledo, Ohio, contractors were picking up after the Feb. 16 collapse of a 2-million-lb, 315-ft-long launching truss for the Maumee River Bridge but work continued on other sections of the $220-million project. Four workers were killed in the accident. But work was still halted last week on a $96-million Sikorsky Bridge replacement in Stratford, Conn., where a crane operator was killed after the barge-mounted crane plunged into the river (ENR 2/23 p. 10).