A look back: What did we do before the Casco Bay Bridge?
We take the Casco Bay Bridge for granted now — even when we curse it when the drawbridge goes up. But few might know that the bridge only dates to 1997. The May 1995 issue of Mainebiz reported on the construction, which took three-and-a-half years. The 4,750-foot span used 8,000 tons of steel and 75,000 cubic yards of concrete. The contractors included Cianbro, for the drawbridge structure; Reed & Reed, for the fixed approach substructure; R.J. Grondin & Sons, for approach work in South Portland; and Flatiron Structure, for the fixed-approach superstructure. The consulting engineer was T.Y. Lin. Total cost: $130 million.
Fun fact: A display ad in the May 1995 issue of Mainebiz offered a Smith Corona PWP425 word processor with a 9-inch screen, 3.5-inch disk drive and MS-DOS file conversion for $249.
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