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Song Thach Han Bridge - Quang Tri - Detail Juliet - Don Howlett - '70

The Quang Tri Bridge
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South side left, old bridge and Laos in the background. Quang Tri Bridge 1970
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South side left, old bridge and Laos in the background. Quang Tri Bridge 1970

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  • OK, Chief Gill, that' the LAST time you drive!! Bringing in barges from Cua Viet for Quang Tri Bridge early 1970.
  • What will we think of next? Don Howlett (back) with his back into it with SW2 Baumer and 2 unknowns. Quang Tri bridge 1970.
  • First one poured. Sixty five yards each.
  • Staging area, north side, for Quang Tri bridge 1970.
  • Stating North side of Quang Tri bridge 1970
  • First stringers. Notice the burnt crapper cans in the center, right side bottom of pole.
  • Looking toward the south end.
  • One of nine.
  • Entering the old bridge in Guang Tri from the south, looking at the new bridge and staging area to the right, 1970. Platforms in the center where for the survayors or CE's.
  • Taken from the old bridge, looking at the north side.
  • An idea of what the subdeck was like, old Quang Tri bridge in back ground, 1970.
  • Laying the subdecking. Laminated 2x8x1 foot x 32 feet. Quang Tri bridge 1970. MCB 10 Det Juliet
  • 90' I-beam install. Notice the subdecking following up. Quang Tri bridge 1970.
  • Another one of nine.
  • Couldn't get the whole thing in. Laos in the background.
  • Workhorse.
  • Barge being loaded with 90' I-beams.
  • The runway. 901'. Finish planking full 2.5"X12", Quang Tri bridge 1970.
  • South side left, old bridge and Laos in the background. Quang Tri Bridge 1970
  • Starting from the south side, I beams with decking, Quang Tri bridge 1970.
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