Steward Road before the bridge construction begins.

Steward Road is closed. The contractor has begun driving the steel piling for the bridge abutments.

The steel piles are in place for the bridge abutments and pier.

The contractor pours the concrete footing for the bridge pier.

The concrete has been poured on the pier cap.

The reinforced earth wall is starting to be built on the east abutment.

Fill is being placed where the new road will rise to meet the bridge.

The reinforced earth wall is nearing completion at the east abutment.

Work continues on the road east of the bridge.

The east abutment is ready for the concrete abutment cap.

With the abutments and pier finished, a 139 ft long and 4 ft tall steel beam is set.

The first train arrives under the newly set steel beam.

The contractor splices the steel beams together.

Workers install railing at the edge of the deck so reinforcement bars can be placed safely.

The contractor places over 96,000 lb of reinforcement bars that will encased within the concrete deck.

Pouring the concrete bridge deck. To reach all the deck without trucks driving on it, a pump truck is used to place the concrete.

The concrete is placed by directing the the large black hose.

After the concrete is placed, the crew roughly grades it by striking it off with a board.

To finish the concrete, a machine levels it to the exact depth and slope.

The frequent rains make it difficult to finish the roadway approaches to the bridge.

The contractor starts paving the road widening near the new intersection of Steward Road and Caron Road.

After the winter shutdown, work has started again. Here, the contractor is pouring concrete between the bridge deck and and shoulder drain.

The contractor takes advantage of dry weather by shaping the slopes and roadway shoulders.

The slopes along the bridge approaches are getting shaped.

The earthwork on the project will soon be ready for the final seeding.

Paving the hot-mix asphalt means the bridge will soon be open to traffic.