Press Release: Groton Street Covered Bridge Assembly Underway

Below is a press release sent out today about our progress on the Groton Street covered bridge as well as a photo. In the photo you can see that the floor beam pairs are all down and the sidewalk beams are being installed perpendicular to the floor beams. The three sidewalk beams on the left of the photo are already installed and the workers are installing the ones to the right. To give a little perspective on the bridge size, when it is complete it will be just a couple of feet shorter than the silo you can see in the background, which is over 35 feet tall.

Groton Street Covered Bridge Assembly Underway

Unadilla, NY (August 11, 2009) – Unadilla Laminated Products (Una-Lam) of Unadilla and Sidney, NY recently began assembling the Groton Street covered bridge outside of their Sidney manufacturing facility. When assembly is complete, the bridge will be inspected and then disassembled and shipped to Pepperell, MA for installation over the Nashua River. This roadway bridge will span ninety-four feet over the river and is forty-seven feet wide.

Una-Lam hired Payne's Cranes, Inc. of Bainbridge, NY to assemble the bridge. “Payne's Cranes knows how to work efficiently with our material and has erected hundreds of our jobs,” says Phil Holowacz, Una-Lam's Vice President Sales, on his decision to hire Payne's Cranes. “Plus, they're a local business and by choosing them we're helping the area economy,” continues Holowacz.

Una-Lam will add photo and video updates of bridge assembly at its Sidney, NY plant to its website, www.unalam.com, regularly. For more information on the Groton Street Bridge project, contact Zoë O. van der Meulen, Director of Communication at 607-369-8508 or zvandermeulen@unalam.com.

About Unadilla Laminated Products – Unadilla Laminated Products is a division of Unadilla Silo Company, Inc. Now in business for over 100 years, the Unadilla Silo Company is a wood products manufacturer focusing on glue laminated beams and arches for use in construction. The Unadilla Laminated Products division specializes in a wide range of complex custom engineered products. For more information about Una-Lam's products and services call 607-369-9341, visit us at www.unalam.com, or follow us on twitter at twitter.com/unalam.

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