Moving an 1,100ft long, 6,800,000lb bridge, intact

[bcp]

They used 10 hydraulic cylinders, two per pier.

Article with photo gallery and time lapse movie:

Sellwood Bridge move comes off without a hitch, amazing hundreds of onlookers | OregonLive.com

"Traveling about six feet per hour, the bridge's 1,100-foot-long steel truss slid so slowly along specially built tracks that actual movement was nearly impossible to discern."

 

[TomSeller]

I recall driving across that bridge when I was out there many years ago. It is not a small bridge. That was quite a task to move it like that.

 

[creekbend]

That was an amazing feat. Thanks for posting.