Memorial Bridge Project Locked Down for Sandy

Archer Western Contractors crews wasted no time this weekend to secure the Memorial Bridge construction project site from Hurricane Sandy.

According to Carol Morris, an Archer Western Contractors spokesperson, all of the barges were moved upriver to safe locations near the New Hampshire State Pier until the storm is expected to weaken on Tuesday.

The crane booms were also taken down and the drill rig on Pier 3 in the middle of the Piscataqua River was also removed, Morris wrote in an e-mail.

She wrote that extra bracing was added to the formwork on Pier 2 and all land based equipment on the Portsmouth and Kittery, Maine sides of the river have been secured.