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LB Port Receives 3 Proposals for Desmond Bridge Replacement Project

The Port of Long Beach has announced that three engineering and construction teams have submitted proposals to design and rebuild a new span to replace the port's 44-year-old Gerald Desmond Bridge. The three teams are: (1) Dragados USA Inc./Flatiron West…

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Inc./CC Myers Inc.; (2) Shimmick Construction Company Inc./FCC Construction S.A./Impregilo S.p.A; and (3) Skanska/Traylor/Massman. The new bridge will have a higher clearance to accommodate the newest generation of efficient cargo ships. It will be wider, adding emergency lanes, to safely serve the thousands of cars and trucks that travel the route each day. Construction is expected to begin in 2013. The existing bridge will remain open until the new span has been completed.