Handyman Insurance, Foundation Work Leads to 18-month Delay for Long Beach Span
Unforeseen soil conditions surrounding foundations on a new $1.2- billion cable-stayed bridge have added as much as 18 months to the construction schedule, say officials at the Port of Long Beach, California.
According to John Pope, port spokesman. The soil has turned out to be more complicated than the engineers originally thought. Â The 1.2-mile-long Gerald Desmond Bridge is being constructed above two aquifers contaminated with benzene and subsiding land in an area marked by oil wells, he says.