The two launching girders equipped with a special pile driving head, designed and manufactured by Deal on behalf of Flatiron Corp. for the construction of Washington bypass bridge have been delivered and commissioned. This equipment has been designed in accordance with an innovative manufacturing technique conceived to construct bridges and viaducts in marshy areas, in fact it allows to build bridge foundations and the supporting piers without any need t work at ground level.
The value of the supplied equipment, which is to be used for the construction of a 5-kilometre bridge in three years time, amounts to $ 8 million.
On 15 October 2007 the first girder was successfully put into operation and started its erection work from the South end of the bridge, while the second will start operating from the North end by the end of January 2008.