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February, 2005

<p>View looking southeast at the Virginia support of the bascule contract (V1IL near right and OL far right) The completed V1 piers are visible now that the falsework used to build V1 OL has been moved to the IL. The contractor used an innovative method to move the assembled falsework on Hilman rollers from V1 OL to V1 IL.</p> <hr /> <p><em>Photo Credit: PCC</em></p>
<p>View looking southeast at first support on the land in Jones Point Park (V2 OL ).</p> <hr /> <p>Note the temporary cables, or stays, supporting the cantilevered arms. V2 outer east segments will be placed using a crane on a barge.</p> <hr /> <p><em>Photo Credit: PCC</em></p>
<p>View looking northeast at the Virginia bascule support (V1 OL on right and IL on left). Note the massive beam that connects the tips of the V-piers together, shown at the top right side of V1OL. Just visible in the background is the Maryland bascule support falsework on the west side. The contractor will roll the falsework to the north to construct the Maryland Inner Loop V-piers.</p> <hr /> <p><em>Photo Credit: PCC</em></p>
<p>View from the top of the Maryland bascule pier, west side. Tie beams are being placed.</p> <hr /> <p><em>Photo Credit: PCC</em></p>
<p>Looking down at the bascule pier base of the piers.</p> <hr /> <p><em>Photo Credit: PCC</em></p>