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SEVEN INCREDIBLE YEARS:

BUILDING THE SIGNATURE BRIDGE IN LONG BEACH, CA

PIECE BY PIECE

​Today the Long Beach International Gateway Bridge is the iconic landmark welcoming residents and visitors to Long Beach, CA. But in 2013 it was just a vision on paper – a story that needed to be documented and shared. The Port of Long Beach chose Media 360 for this amazing journey.

For seven years, our team regularly captured breath-taking footage, conducted interviews with key stakeholders, including on-site workers, and shared the story with the world.  When the Science and Discovery Channels needed footage for their stories, we provided them with hyper lapse, drone, underwater and ground shots as we were there for every step of the build.

 

We even took the Executive Director to the very top of one of the 515-towers while it was still under construction to speak about the completion of this key milestone.

BY THE NUMBERS

Bridge Opening Ceremony 2020
01:59
The Big Pour
02:29
Moving a 3.1-Million-Pound Bridge-Builder
02:01
Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project
00:55
Connecting Main Span to Approaches
02:12
Bridge Retirement Ceremony – The Golden Bolt
03:34
710 Connector Ramp Demolition
01:04
Ocean Blvd Overpass Demolition
01:07
November 2017 Update
06:52
Career Profiles - Zeph Varley, Civil Engineer
01:03
Bridge Bike Path Opening Ceremony
02:48
Gerald Desmond Bridge Demolition
01:08
“This moment has been 20 years in the making, from the time we started planning to replace the Gerald Desmond with a taller, wider and safer bridge that would allow the Port of Long Beach to remain competitive for years to come."

Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero

PROJECT FUNDING

The Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project is a joint effort of Caltrans and the Port of Long Beach, with funding contributions from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro).

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