The $14 million rehabilitation project, substantially completed 07/01/2013, involved steel and concrete repairs, sandblasting and repainting and replacement of bridge joints.
This effect can create an occupational hazard for people working with sandblasting equipment, products that contain powdered crystalline silica and so on.
Sandblasting also may present secondary risks, such as falls from scaffolding and absorption of lead particles when removing lead-based paint from infrastructure.