Reed & Reed workers climb out on 130 foot steel beams over the Kennebec River in Richmond recently as they build a new bridge. The contractor has installed a third of the spans that will support the bridge deck, according to Tom Reed, who is supervising the project.

Maine Department of Transportation engineers walk Thursday across the girders connecting piers in the Kennebec River at the new bridge construction site in Richmond. The bridge connecting Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties is being built by Reed & Reed and will replace the bridge at right.

A Reed & Reed worker lowers a sack of material Thursday from a crane onto a girder resting atop a pier in the center of the Kennebec River between Richmond and Dresden.

A Reed & Reed workers swing cranes Thursday with material up to piers in the Kennebec River between Richmond and Dresden while constructing a new bridge between the communities. Cranes are working from barges in the river.