IBEW Photo Contest - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

I10e Seconcl span
under COfu rructiotl;
view is 01 the Port
Huron shoreline.
lDOI~ths Iooaer 10 build
but that wa due 10
di&~ foundalion Q5-
C)f aeiglIboring prop­
Mfety ptCMldwes. ID
ilii:i+a:t'llaa been described 81
, ~"~De.ifeIt on recIOI'd.
ifte.Dilior difference between the
IS tile COlt. The totaJ cost
~f!!:~ tip8D was 13.9 miI1ion.
~ band. tbe Second SpaD
miDum. Who was inslru-
!I;~:~to obtain fundia& for
~ Michigan Governor
~I*. CoaeJ- BoaioI: as
""i!aIC! Represtnlatives Terry
ili:1~:nWillard and Slate Senl:~tOrow,
an worked bani to
pan or the Blue
arealily
~ 'tIIilpaal bridJIe opened to traffic
IJO in October 1938. AI:w
iUlra nDllOve the original deck and
the bridge roadway II wm
wv1I mto the next century. along
!be Second Span. which hu a life
PICY of7S years.
the hard work or so many
workers wbo c:onnected tbe
VD:~~I 'Slllles
and Canada througb
,atelllailKl e!'flClretc. tbeae bridges bave
made. aod wm make their mark In history
The prune electrical CODIJ'acto1'5
on die S. &ide ere Po&un aod Per
ndale Electric: On the Canadian side
CA C Electrical ConstructIon and
ClaiMpber EIec:Iric were lhe c0ntractors.
Both IB W Locals 58 and 530
IIave $bown, throuab tile ... bard wortc.
!ha( IlIOn: than steel and cooaete COIltwo