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May 24, 2014 • Vol. IXX • No. 11 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Analysis Finds Many Bridges Require Repair
FABCO Celebrates New Facility...8
Upon completion of the bridge, lighting contractor Capital Electric presented a 10 to 20 minute light show illuminating the new bridge from both sides. CAW GC Meet & Greet Attracts Nearly 200...12
Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge Illuminates The Way By Dorinda Anderson CEG CORRESPONDENT
Ale x Lyon & Son Hol ds Ohi o Sale. ..9 4
Table of Contents ............4 Truck & Trailer Section ...... ..................................35-45 Attachment & Parts Section ......................53-57 Recycling Section ....69-81
A four-year bridge project came to a close with the implosion of the bridge it replaced and an illumination ceremony. Work began in July of 2008 on a new fourlane, tied-arch Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge over the Missouri River on U.S.-59 between Atchison, Kan., and Winthrop, Mo. It replaced a two-lane structure that could no longer handle today’s traffic needs. The twosee EARHART page 68
see BRIDGES page 96
Indiana, Illinois Sign Deal to Build Illiana Road (AP) Indiana and Illinois signed
Auction Section ........87-97 an agreement to build the Illiana Expressway toll road, with Indiana
Business Calendar ........88 paying $80 million to $110 million, Advertisers Index ..........98
After each blast, crews had 24 hours to remove debris from the Missouri River’s navigation channel and an additional 24 hours to remove the remaining debris from the rest of the river channel.
Data from a new government report shows that if all the structurally deficient bridges in the United States were placed end-to-end, it would take you 25 hours driving 60 miles per hour to cross them. That’s like driving the 1,500 mi. between Boston and Miami. And it’s a problem that’s close to home. An analysis of the 2013 National Bridge Inventory database recently released by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) shows cars, trucks and school buses cross the nation’s more than 63,000 structurally compromised bridges 250 million times every day. The most heavily traveled are on the Interstate system. The problem could get a lot worse, the chief economist of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said, as states across the nation face a slowdown in reimbursements for already approved federal-aid highway projects in August. Without congressional action, Alison Premo Black said there will be no Highway Trust Fund support for any new road, bridge, or public transportation projects in any state during FY 2015, which begins Oct. 1. “Letting the Highway Trust Fund investment dry up would have a devastating impact on bridge repairs,” Black said, noting the trust fund has supported $89 billion in bridge
Illinois agreeing to pay at least $250 million, and the rest of the $1.51 billion for the project coming
from private investors. The 33-page document outlines the responsibilities of each state and how the 47-mi. (75.6 km) highway will be run. The agreement specifically states the road between Interstate 65 near Lowell
in northwest Indiana and I-55 near Wilmington, Ill., 60 mi. (46.5 km) south of Chicago, will be reserved for vehicles using electronic toll devices with no option for those wanting to pay cash. The road will be a four-lane highway that could
later be expanded to six lanes. The deal also specifies that each state is responsible for the design, financing, construction and operations of the highway in their state, with Illinois being responsible for see ILLIANA page 96