New Port Bridge Moves Closer to Completion

Gerald Desmond Bridge

The Port of Long Beach has celebrated a major milestone in the construction of the new Gerald Desmond Bridge. Construction teams have topped off two 515-foot towers, which will serve as the centerpiece of the new bridge. The new bridge will be cable-stayed and the towers are the largest structures in Long Beach. Construction project began three years ago and completion is scheduled for 2019.

“This was a three-year process, starting with the construction of the foundations for the towers,” Denis Wolcott of the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project tells GlobeSt.com “With the towers topped-out, the next step is to run the cables that will suspend the main span up through the openings at the top of each tower.”