Thursday, July 27, 2017

Kosciuszko Bridge Demolition. The Removal of the Truss. (July 26, 2017) STILL PHOTOS.

PHOTO 1.  THE WAY IT WAS.  (2-14-13)

PHOTO 2.  RESTING ON THE BARGE SUPPORTS.AWAITING 
THE HEAVE-HO.

PHOTO 3.  CALMLY AWAITING ITS FATE.

PHOTO 4.  CAUTION. LOW BRIDGE.
PHOTO 5.  WATCH YOUR HEAD.


PHOTO 6.   PUSHING THE TRUSS BACK UP THE
NEWTOWN CREEK.

PHOTO 7.  CLEAR SAILING ON THE HORIZON.

PHOTO 8.  CONTINUING UPSTREAM.

PHOTO 9.  GETTING READY FOR THE TURNAROUND.

PHOTO 10.   ALMOST THERE.

PHOTO 11.  PREPARING ITS SWAN SONG.

PHOTO 12.   THE START OF THE GRAND FINALE.

PHOTO 13.   APPRECIATIVE SPECTATORS IN THE AUDIENCE.

PHOTO 14.  CLEARING THE FIRST NAUTICAL OBSTACLE:
THE NEW KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE.

PHOTO 15.  A BREATHER DURING THE ONE HOUR
LUNCH  BREAK FOR WORKERS.

PHOTO 16.   HOW MANY MOTOR VEHICLES OVER
THE DECADES TRAVERSED THIS SPAN?

PHOTO 17.   HARD HATS AWAIT THE NEXT ACT.

PHOTO 18.   SIDEWALK SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS
ON THE DRAMA.

PHOTO 19.   IT'S FATE AHEAD.  JOINING JUNK.

PHOTO 20.    MOTHER NATURE AND THE HAND OF MAN.

PHOTO 21.   REQUIESCAT IN PACE.

PHOTO 22.   APPROACHING THE SECOND NAUTICAL OBSTACLE:
THE GREENPOINT AVENUE BRIDGE.

PHOTO 23.  SITTING PLACIDLY MID-STREAM, NEWTOWN CREEK.

PHOTO 24.  SUCCESSFULLY MAKING THE
GREENPOINT AVENUE BRIDGE TRAVERSE.

PHOTO 25.   CONTINUING THE PROCESSION.

PHOTO 26.  NAUTICAL OBSTACLE NUMBER THREE:
  THE PULASKI BRIDGE.

PHOTO 27.   WAITING FOR THE PULASKI'S ALL-CLEAR CLAXON 
TO GO-AHEAD.

PHOTO 28.   ENTERING THE WATERS UNDER THE RAISED
ROADWAYS OF THE PULASKI BRIDGE.

PHOTO 29.   THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE BECKONS AS THE
JOURNEY NEARS NEWTOWN CREEK COMPLETION.

PHOTO 30.  THANK YOU FOR YEOMAN SERVICE
OVER THE DECADES.  FARE THEE WELL.

PHOTO 31.  THE "OLD" MAKES WAY FOR THE "NEW".

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