Bridging the Gap

Liebherr crawler cranes on the job in Alaska

The centerpiece of one of the largest infrastructure projects in Alaska, the nearly 1,000-foot long Juneau Creek Bridge on the Sterling Highway between Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula is under construction to increase traffic capacity and improve safety. On the jobsite, two Liebherr LR 1300.1 SX crawler cranes are playing a crucial lifting role during the assembly of bridge sections. Relying on the 331-ton capacity lattice boom crawlers is Traylor Bros, Inc., a heavy civil contractor based in Evansville, Indiana who is well known for the construction of complex bridges across North America. The LR 1300.1 SX, Liebherr’ s newest