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• A new, three-mile-long Howard Frankland Bridge is being constructed over Tampa Bay, alongside the famous-yet-flawed original span.
• Over 20 Manitowoc crawler cranes are currently being used to drive sheet and piles and build columns and set beams and decks. The cranes were adapted for use in the marine environment in partnership with the manufacturer and dealers Walter Payton Power Equipment and Ring Power Crane. 

Nearly a dozen Manitowoc crawler cranes and several Grove RTs have been key players in the development of the Rolling Hills Wind Project in southwestern Iowa. Helping erect 193 wind turbines are three Manitowoc 16000s each with a wind attachment; two Manitowoc 14000s; two Manitowoc 888s; two Manitowoc 2250s and several Grove rough-terrain cranes.

Manitowoc Cranes highlighted a number of impressive engineering and design developments at its CONEXPO 2011 booth. Visitors saw the largest rough-terrain crane currently in production a team of best-in-class six-axle all-terrain cranes as well as some of the industry’s most advanced boom truck controls. A completely refurbished Model 888 crawler crane was also on display.