09/22/2026
Most of us see aerial infrastructure from below. We drive under the lines, pass the poles and occasionally notice a bucket truck working along the road. And every once in a while, when we actually notice someone working up there, we probably wonder what everything looks like from the bucket. Are they afraid of heights? What does it feel like to work that far above the ground?
The height is part of the job. And itβs safe as long as we keep it safe β with the right equipment, procedures and attention to whatβs happening both above and below.
For the crews building and maintaining these networks, the view is almost the opposite of ours.
From the bucket, the road becomes part of the background. The lines move through the landscape, cross from one side to another and continue toward the next pole, while so much more is happening on the ground below. Itβs a familiar piece of infrastructure from an angle most of us rarely get to see.
The network we normally look up at is the same one our crews spend their day looking across.