Anybody ever build Mi Jack container crane? - Model Railroader Magazine
Daniel Johnston
Updated on April 07, 2026
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I’ve never seen MI Jack cranes utilized tor truck unloading of Highway sub-assembly components anywhere in FL.
There were at least two of them used on the I-4/I-275 construction project near where you are at in Tampa. I saw them around the area of the Ybor City/Cruise Ship exits.
The Selmon/I-4 interchanges were built using different construction.
The Northern part of I-275 reconstruction from 2013-2017 near the interchanges for Land-O-Lakes and Wesley Chapel did not use them.
I have not seen any of them on the I-4 construction in Orlando.
All of the parts of the I-75 construction between Sarasota and Fort Myers had at least one on site. These segmented projects went from 2012 to 2018.
There were 4 of them on the site of the new bridge and approaches where Interstate 75 crosses the Caloosahatchee River. I think the picture John provided is of that construction project.
There were a few of them used in Jacksonville on the new downtown section of I-95 near the convention center. That has turned out to be an incredible improvement in traffic flow.
It was just a simple statement to let people know that MiJack cranes have other uses than Intermodal loading/unloading. I did not mean to ruffle your feathers (again).
-Kevin