Canada

The spire that will crown One World Trade Center is making its way to Manhattan over the holiday weekend.

A barge carrying eight of the 18 sections of spire is en route from Canada down the Atlantic seaboard on the Atlantic Salvor barge.The vessel left Quebec on Nov. 16 and is expected to arrive early next week at Port Newark.

The sections of the spire, ranging in weight from approximately five tons to more than 67 tons, will then be readied for transfer to Lower Manhattan.

The remaining smaller pieces, which will travel from Canada via truck, are expected to arrive in mid-December.

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Crews finish installing World Trade Center spire

The spire brings the iconic building to a height of
1,776 feet -- an allusion to the year the United States declared its independence. It also makes the building the tallest in the Western Hemisphere and the third-tallest in the world.

While the building still has significant construction before its scheduled 2014 opening, the installation brought cheers from New York , and from people around the country.

Congratulations from all of us .