Sam White Bridge

So last year, as a part of the massive I-15 Core project which is building/re-building 63 bridges, the largest bridge move in the western hemisphere took place when the Sam White Bridge was moved into its final location. Now I am trying to remember, but I'm pretty sure as my dad and I were adding things all together we estimated the bridge weighed 3 million pounds. It started  at around 11pm and we had to leave at 3am but they finished about an hour or so later. But here are some pictures I took while we walked around.

On this shot you can almost see how long this beast is, it is massive.

Here is a shot at the SPMT (self propelled modular transports), you can see the huge beams necessary to hold it all together, at one point those beams started shaking up and down...they stopped for a while before moving again haha, guess they had to tweak some things.

Things are looking good

So in ASCE's smart brief I found a link to this USNews article that reported civil engineering as being the 26th best job for 2012. It says that the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates between 2010 and 2020 there will be 51,000 jobs in that field that need to be occupied, now of course civil is very broad so the range of jobs there is huge but none the less this is some positive stuff. It makes me have a very good outlook on how things are going to be. Check out the link for the full article and see what other jobs hit the top 25.

US News Money

Doesn't this make you excited?

As nerdy as this might be, I think it is pretty hard for anyone to at least not consider going into engineering after watching this youtube clip. For anyone who is already thinking about going that route, well then this just seals the deal for you.

"Why be an Engineer?"