The Bailey bridge, built in 1985 with a carrying capacity of 20 metric tonnes (MT), was supposed to be replaced with a steel composite bridge with 70MT. A Department of Roads (DoR) official said the ...

Five crewmembers installed the steel nesting boxes in March. CREDIT: New York State Bridge Authority. “We designed it so it would all be modular, so that we could take it up there,” says Gardner.