CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Harbor Bridge Project is one step closer to completion as the first permanent stay cables were installed on the north tower's main stand. Project officials say this marks a big milestone for the structure.
In addition to those stay cables, Harbor Bridge Project Public Information Coordinator Lynn Allison told 3NEWS that permanent stay cables for the bridge's south tower will be installed starting in mid-September.
"Really, where we get into these procedures where we're training a 125 staff on these highly technical procedures. . . . we get into more of a rhythm. . . . where you start seeing the stays -- the permanent white stays -- installed in a cycle of 3-to-4 weeks," Allison said.
She said the project is moving forward as permanent stay cables were added to the north tower. Stay cable No. 1 is about 181 ft. long and consists of 70 epoxy-coated strands. Stay cable No. 19 -- the final stay to be installed -- will be about 865 ft. long.
Allison said there's also progress happening on other parts of the project.
"On the south pylon, we are finishing the installation of the temporary stays, which will be in place until the 19 permanent stays are complete," Allison said.
Allison said bridge segments also are being installed, as well as delta frames, and slabs between northbound and southbound segments also are being poured.
"As all of this is going on, we continue pouring upper-tower lifts," she said. "Right now, on the north pylon we're completing upper-tower lift 13 of 20. So, the north pylon still has another 120 feet to climb."
The south pylon is completing upper-tower lift 12 of 20, leaving the tower with another 135 more feet of height to be installed.
Allison said that aside from the installation of those stay cables, there are still more milestones currently underway.
"Ongoing activities that you can't see from a distance are: We will complete all the footing extensions by this Fall on the north pylon, 14 additional 200 ft. drilled shafts (and) 10 additional drill shafts on the south pylon," she said.
Allison also said that by late fall or early winter residents can expect to see five full sets of permanent stay cables on both the north and south towers.
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