This August 1938 cover photo shows workers on a huge steel member of the cable tie system during the erection of the Arrigoni Bridge over the Connecticut River between Middletown and Portland, Connecticut.
The bridge consists of two tied three-hinged arches 600 feet long with plate girder approximations. The erection method involved the construction of two half-spans as cantilever arms balanced by temporary cable ties between the top chords of the trusses on the central pier.
This method was used because it required a minimum of falsework. The bridge superstructure was built by the fabricated steel division of Bethlehem Steel Co.
