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build contract for the replacement of the
obsolete Gerald Desmond Bridge in the
Port of Long Beach, Los Angeles.
The historic Gerald Desmond Bridge was
built in the 1960s. Proof of its importance
is the fact that it currently carries more than
15% of the waterborne cargo traffic of the
United States. The bridge connects the
u s i n e s s
Experience building bridges
Over the last 15 years, FCC has built
more than a million square metres of
bridges. That includes bridges of every
kind, employing every construction sys-
tem currently in use. FCC’s cable-stayed
bridges include El Alamillo Bridge in Se-
ville, a bridge in Saxony, Otopeni Bridge
in Bucharest, Azud del Oro Bridge in Va-
lencia and Basarab Viaduct in Romania.
Right now FCC is involved in the cons-
truction of other major bridges, such as
Vidin-Calafat Bridge between Bulgaria
and Romania, San Marcos Viaduct (the
second-tallest viaduct in the world) in
Mexico, the bridge over the Lauterbach
Valley in Germany, the new access brid-
ge to the Centennial Bridge in Panama
and Kafjord Bridge in Norway.