For bridge workers, the office is 230 feet in the air

LOUSIVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Drivers who’ve crossed the Kennedy Memorial Bridge in recent months likely have noted the progress of the growing towers for the cable-stayed bridge just east of it, but the unique workspace — 230 feet in the air — has been somewhat of a mystery.

The first of three towers on the Ohio River for the new Interstate 65 bridge between downtown Louisville and Jeffersonville, Indiana, is now complete near the Indiana shoreline, part of the $2.3 billion bridges project that also includes an East End crossing being built 8 miles upstream.

While the towers’ height would make many people nervous, it’s all in a day’s work for tethered Walsh Construction contractors who’ve ascended the towers since foundation work began in July 2013, often working six days a week.

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