Shortly after noon-time Wednesday, the center lift-span was lowered into position to be placed on a barge.
(Memorial Bridge photos by Erik Swenson, view gallery on flickr.)
Mike Pillsbury, Assistant Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, says that the structure will then be carefully “floated out.” down the Piscataqua River.
“Secure it, move it upriver a little, then further secure it, in order to have it it seaworthy so that they can ship it perhaps tomorrow," Pillsbury said. "A lot depends on how the tides are running,” he said.