SLJ900, 32 Bridge Girder Erection Monster Machine

A bridge needs to be built, so time to bust out the cranes, right Not so fast, a Chinese company has built a machine that has a creative way of setting girders into place. The SLJ900, 32, made by the Beijing Wowjoint Machinery Company, is a 580 ton, 300 foot long and 24 foot wide mega machine that looks more like a train than a crane and acts a lot like a Stretch Armstrong action figure. Instead of using a stationary or crawler crane to lift the girder of a bridge from the ground and drop it into its place,