{"id":245321,"date":"2026-07-16T23:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/245321\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T23:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:01:14","slug":"how-a-dutch-company-with-experience-moving-big-things-will-slide-the-new-commercial-street-bridge-into-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/245321\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Dutch company with experience moving big things will slide the new Commercial Street Bridge into place"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that the old Commercial Street Bridge is down<\/a>, the new bridge will be front and center as it’s slid into place. It’s a monumental task, but the company tasked with it, Mammoet, said it’s nothing new to them.<\/p>\n

About 22 million pounds of steel, concrete and metal need to move only a short distance<\/a>, but don’t expect it to be a quick process. The max speed of the skid shoes is 6 meters an hour. That’s roughly 20 feet.<\/p>\n

“You’ll need to get your timelapse camera out in order to see something happen at a reasonable speed,” Mammoet public relations manager David Shaw said.<\/p>\n

The speed is to make sure the bridge isn’t damaged during the move. According to a spokesperson for Mammoet, the skid shoes are controlled by software that has the accuracy to track the bridge.<\/p>\n

“At the end of the day, we want to make sure that we’ve completed the job safely and efficiently and have not caused undue stress to the structure,” Shaw said.<\/p>\n

Before they start the move, debris needs to be cleaned out. Crews will also check and make sure the skid shoes<\/a>\u00a0and other equipment are not damaged, but they are confident everything is okay.<\/p>\n

“The adequate measures have been taken to protect the skid system, so that’s not an issue of concern,” Shaw said.<\/p>\n

For the Dutch company doing all this work, it’s another day at the office. They’ve moved offshore rigs and buildings. After months of prep for this project, they feel ready.<\/p>\n

“We do this kind of thing on a weekly basis. The only thing that changes is the shape of the load,” Shaw said.<\/p>\n

\n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n

In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now that the old Commercial Street Bridge is down, the new bridge will be front and center as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1730,3431,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-245321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-parkway-east","tag-penndot","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}