Posted on 08/24/2019 12:56:35 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
It doesn’t get much more Northern Virginia than this.
Traffic woes and construction delays are daily gripes on the local Facebook group, “Western Prince William Chatter.” Then Steve came along -- and brought joy to the group's 20,000-plus members.
"It seems he is the light at the end of the tunnel when you're STUCK in that horrible traffic! Thanks for entertaining us Steve and for those calling him Bob, just no," one Facebooker wrote.
Before WPWC members gave him a name, Steve was simply known as a rubber tire crane. He came to the Manassas area to lift 10 concrete beams for the new Bull Run Drive Bridge over Interstate 66.
Those beams are each 131-feet long and weigh 62 tons, the Virginia Department of Transportation said.
Steve’s really strong.
“Steve is a 'rubber tire' (RT) crane (versus a Crawler Crane that has a track wheel),” says Michelle T. Holland, VDOT Megaprojects spokeswoman.
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Looks like a Steve to me.
His name is Susan and he wants you to respect his life choices - The Doctor.
Yes. Yuuuuge concrete or steal beams weighing in the six figures of pounds.
Good catch! It may be resistant to its anthropomorphisation as well.
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