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The pieces were then moved to a jetty using a special Huisman slider system

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The massive pieces were positioned in the strait by the world's largest floating catamaran crane, the Svanen.

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Four hundred thousand cubic meters of concrete went into building the Confederation Bridge. This concrete was divided into three different types:

• A - structural concrete - used for the main girders, drop-in spans, pier shafts, bases and abutments
• C - mass concrete and approach pier foundations
• F - underwater concrete called tremie

Photo of the inside the PEI Fixed Link (Confederation Bridge) on June 7, 2003. This picture was taken over the first pier on the Borden, PEI side. Note the high headroom.....the section depth at this point is approx. 15 metres. Photo courtesy of Gord Jin.

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