One of the world's largest floating cranes arrived on Oct. 6 at the site of the new Tappan Zee Bridge near Tarrytown, N.Y., after being fitted with fresh wire rope and undergoing tests this summer to prove the rig was ready to tackle the project's heaviest modules, some of which are expected to weigh up to 1,000 tonnes.

Officially dubbed the Left Coast Lifter from its first assignment on the San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge (project officials have nicknamed the machine "I Lift N.Y."), the twin-boom, sheer-leg crane had to be inspected, upgraded and tested before working on the bridge site. Earlier this year, the crane passed through the Panama Canal on its way to Jersey City, N.J., where it was recommissioned.