I-95 Christina River Bridge

High Structural Erectors erected the structural steel on the I-95 crossing of the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware, girder erection over water on one of the busiest interstate corridors in the Northeast.

Setting girders over a navigable river changes the whole approach. Access, river traffic and tide, and a crane that cannot simply reposition all have to be resolved in the erection plan before the first pick, and the plan has to survive a delivery arriving late or a lift that does not go as drawn.

The corridor above it decides the schedule. I-95 through Wilmington carries the length of the Eastern Seaboard through a single urban mile, so the work is written into overnight windows and short stage changes rather than long closures.

Watch our crews set steel on this project in the video at the top of our Projects page.