Girder installation a milestone in Phoenix freeway project

PHOENIX (AP) — Construction of a new 22-mile (35-kilometer) freeway around much of the southern perimeter of metro Phoenix has reached another milestone.
The Arizona Department of Transportation says workers recently installed the last of over 1,000 girders needed for construction of 40 bridges for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway.
The 91-foot (28-meter) girder was installed at an interchange being constructed at Desert Schools Parkway in Ahwatukee (ah-wha-TU’-kee) in southeast Ph