Talk:Wittpenn Bridge

new bridge started in 2009?
Looks like work has started on the new bridge already. See. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 15:34, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Fabrication of the counterweight boxes and towers started in January 2016. The fabricator was optimistic with a completion date of January 2017. However, the towers and counterweight boxes ( all grade 50W) will receive a 3 coat system of coating. NEPCOAT approved system of organic zinc(Zinc Clad III HS), epoxy (macropoxy 646), and polyurethane ( Acrolon 218). The federal color ID is 27038, and that color is black. This coating system will take some time after fabrication is completed and all NDT is completed. The shipping of counterweight boxes and towers needs to coincide with the delivery of the orthotropic lift span that was fabricated in Portland OR. So, the shipping of both of these structures should be underway by June 2017. The lift span will be coming out of Portland OR and going through the Panama canal and up the East coast(2-3 weeks). The counterweight boxes and towers will be coming out of the Tampa bay port and up the east coast. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.243.246.123 (talk) 13:32, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Article quotes
The first phase of construction began in July 2011 and the overall project is expected to take six years to complete.

The reconstruction of the bridge is being partially funded by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and will be fully operational in 2021.

Dates?
Those two dates for completion in the article disagree (2011+6=2017, but maybe 2021, or maybe starting in 2009). Completion dates and estimated costs are subject to change, but the starting date must be known by now.--DThomsen8 (talk) 18:50, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2016/12/5_year_done_7_years_to_go_for_500m_new_wittpenn_br.html