One World Trade Center Spire To Arrive In New York City On Tuesday (IMAGES)

IMAGES: WTC Spire To Arrive In NYC
This computer generated updated artist rendering, incorporating recent design modifications, released by The Port Authority of NY & NJ and The Durst Organization, in New York, Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012, shows a view of One World Trade Center, center, from 8 Spruce Street. The new images show a spire exposed directly to the elements. Plans still call for the spire to rise to a symbolic 1,776 feet. The images display a new design for the first 20 stories. (AP Photo/Port Authority of NY & NJ, Durst Organization)
This computer generated updated artist rendering, incorporating recent design modifications, released by The Port Authority of NY & NJ and The Durst Organization, in New York, Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012, shows a view of One World Trade Center, center, from 8 Spruce Street. The new images show a spire exposed directly to the elements. Plans still call for the spire to rise to a symbolic 1,776 feet. The images display a new design for the first 20 stories. (AP Photo/Port Authority of NY & NJ, Durst Organization)

The 408-foot spire set to top One World Trade Center will arrive in New York City on Tuesday.

The spire is divided into 18 sections that weigh between 5 tons and more than 67 tons.

Since November 16, eight of the sections have been en route to the city via a barge from Canada. The final leg of the journey will take place in New Jersey.

The smaller sections that remain will arrive by truck later in the month.

Once erected, the spire will make One World Trade Center the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

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