The Texas Dept. of Transportation and the Flatiron/Dragados joint venture building the new Harbor Bridge in Corpus Christi have reached a resolution on the first of five design items that prompted officials to suspend construction on the $930–million bridge’s main span more than three months ago. Officials anticipate they will resolve the remaining concerns.
Work has resumed casting delta frames for the 1,661-ft-long cable-stayed bridge, Valente Olivarez Jr., TxDoT’s Corpus Christi district engineer, said during a Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Policy Committee meeting Nov. 3. The contractor will also modify delta frame segments that had already been cast with additional steel to conform with the agreed-upon solution, he added.