Above, standing on the Henrico County side of the James River, looking westward at the main span of the Route 895 James River Bridge. As you can see, the eastbound main span is complete and the westbound main span is still under construction, with the form travelers being used for the balanced cantilever cast-in-place segmental construction of the westbound main span of the James River Bridge. The elevated bridge ramps to and from I-95 can be seen in the distance. A fairly wide-angle lens was used.

Above, standing on the Henrico County side of the James River, looking westward at the main span of the Route 895 James River Bridge. As you can see, the eastbound main span is complete and the westbound main span is still under construction, with the form travelers being used for the balanced cantilever cast-in-place segmental construction of the westbound main span of the James River Bridge. A fairly wide-angle lens was used.

Above, standing on the Henrico County side of the James River, looking westward at the main span of the Route 895 James River Bridge, from underneath the bridge.

Above, standing on the Henrico County side of the James River, looking eastward at the main span of the Route 895 James River Bridge, from underneath the bridge. This is on the horizontally curved overland section of the bridge. The two piers in the foreground is where the balanced cantilever cast-in-place segmental construction of the main span of the James River Bridge, meets the mainline concrete box girder approach spans built by the pre-cast post-tensioned segmental method with the segments placed by overhead launching truss. Again, the wide-angle lens exaggerates the perspective.

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By Scott M. Kozel, Roads to the Future