Link-Belt 75RT used for infrastructure project

10 December 2018 by Sotiris Kanaris

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The Interstate 20/Center Point Road Interchange project in Texas received by Ed Bell Construction includes new exit and on ramps and three new bridges, as well as redirection of three miles of two-way frontage roads for improved mobility and safety.

For this project Ed Bell Construction is using its new 75USt (70t) Link-Belt 75RT. The crane lifts 6,000 lb. (2,721kg) bundles of rebar, large concrete form panels, concrete buckets, and drainage culverts along both sides of Interstate 20.

Additional job requirements for the 75RT include placing concrete finishers up and off of finished concrete bridge decks, and new Texas Department of Transportation traffic barriers placed along right-of-ways that weigh 23,000lbs.

Ed Bell Construction made purchase of the 75RT in second quarter 2018 to begin modernizing some of their aging equipment and handle the demands of larger, heavier lifts in modern road and bridge work.

“Getting a bigger, 75-ton crane with basically the same footprint as our older 50-ton rigs gives us better capabilities without retraining our current operators who are all certified up to 75-ton,” said Terry Killingsworth, structures manager at Ed Bell Construction.