Moffatt & Nichol's first job for the city of Long Beach was the reconstruction of the Anaheim Street Bridge and the firm rapidly grew, taking on such projects as the Gerald Desmond Bridge, the THUMS oil islands and the Alamitos Bay Marina.
pretty lofty proposition given how hollowed out that american middle class truly is. it s as hollow as the ships leaving this port two-thirds empty. this thing here is called the long beach international gateway. it s a new bridge. replacing that one right there. it was built before president biden took office. this does not connect a gentrifying neighborhood to a place like boyle heights but it does connect an increasingly global economy. president biden said he wants to make our economy more equal by paying millions of people to make stuff in the u.s. instead of importing it from the docks behind me. even though the infrastructure proposal had a lot of different and unconventional parts whether it s electric car charging stations or fighting climate change or creating clean water, they re all part of a larger goal to rebuild the american middle class and that is not what infrastructure has done traditionally, whether it is a bridge we saw downtown or this one i m standing on right he
pretty lofty proposition, given how hollowed out that american class truly is, it s as hollow as the ships leaving this port two-thirds empty. this thing right here is called the long beach international gateway. it s a new bridge replacing that one right there was built before president biden took office. this one does not connect the gentrifying neighborhood to a working class the one like we saw in boyle heights. but it does connect an increasingly american economy over here to the world over there. and calling the proposal the american jobs plan, president biden said he wants to make our economy more equal by paying millions of people healthy wages to make stuff here in the u.s. instead of importing it from the docks behind me. from that sense even though the infrastructure proposal had a lot of different and unconventional parts, whether it s electric car charging stations or fighting climate change or creating clean water, they are all part of a larger goal to rebuild the america
By City News Service
US-ECONOMY-SHIPPING
LONG BEACH (CNS) - Nearly eight months after it opened, the new bridge traversing the Port of Long Beach finally got a name today.
The span that replaced the aging and too-small Gerald Desmond Bridge will henceforth be known as “Long Beach International Gateway, according to Sen. Lena Gonzalez and Assemblyman Patrick O Donnell, both D-Long Beach.
“The community has spoken and they made a great choice, O Donnell said in a statement. “The name `Long Beach International Gateway Bridge appropriately signifies Long Beach as the gateway to the American economy. Thank you to the community for helping us in this very important endeavor.