Image From Judy Berdy
The work on the Roosevelt Island Tower Tram Top is now complete
Image From Judy Berdy
Image From Judy Berdy
Image From Judy Berdy
and the new Tower Top is in place. 
The crane, which had to be delivered to Roosevelt Island by water via barge due to DOT weight restriction enforcement on the Roosevelt Island Bridge, was disassembled on Friday, placed on a barge
Image From Janet Falk/RIHS
and taken back
Image From Janet Falk/RIHS
with a tugboat’s push
Image From Janet Falk/RIHS
under the Queensboro Bridge and down the East River
Image From Janet Falk/RIHS
to it’s home yard. The crane will return to start work on the Manhattan Tram Towers this week via truck.What’s the latest status on the Roosevelt Island Tram Modernization Project? According to RIOC President Steve Shane’s latest Report (item 2):
Tram: Currently, sixteen weeks after shutdown, POMA advises that the schedule for reopening has fallen behind by about a month to the first week of October. The Contractor has offered a variety of excuses for the delay, chief among them being crane availability. Station work proceeds apace at both ends. A crane was delivered to the Island by barge on June 2. The top of the Island tower is in place. On to Manhattan. Preliminary architectural design for station improvements continues. There will be a community presentation for reaction, comment and decisions about trade-offs.
More on earlier work at the Roosevelt Island Tram Tower and the original construction schedule for the Tram Modernization Project including shutting down traffic near the Manhattan Tram Station
Manhattan Tram Station at 2nd Avenue 60th Street
and surrounding areas as well as the Queensboro Bridge Upper Level Roadway.
Image Of Queensboro Bridge Upper Level