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September 17 2022 Vol. XXVIII • No. 19
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KYTC Begins Work On Bridges Damaged By Flooding in Kentucky...8
Equipment Showcase Returns to Sandwich Fair in Ill. ...12
RMS Breaks Ground at Its New Location in Byron, Minn. ...22
Crews Install Final Truss On Merchant’s Bridge The $222 million project to replace the Merchants Bridge that links Missouri and Illinois near downtown St. Louis is nearing completion, and the St. Louis Regional Freightway gave invited guests and the public the opportunity to see one of the last significant milestones in the project firsthand from the special vantage point of a riverboat cruise on Aug. 26. Passengers on board witnessed history in the making as preparations continued for the third and final bridge truss to be floated into place. The installation is a crucial phase of the project under way to replace the vital rail artery across the Mississippi River, which is one of the nation’s primary east-west rail corridors serving one of America’s largest rail hubs by car interchange volume and gross tonnage. Dating back to the 1890s, the Merchants Bridge serves six Class I railroads and Amtrak as a bridge crossing across the Mississippi River at St. Louis, and replacement of the structure has been the bi-state St. Louis region’s top freight infrastructure priority since 2016. Owned by Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA), the see BRIDGE page 46
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-39 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51-63 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70-77 Snow & Ice Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78-84 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86-93 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Walsh Construction and Trey Cambern Photography photo
The final truss on the Merchants Bridge was floated into place and installed on Aug. 26 and 27.
Cautious Optimism for 2023
High Demand for New, Used Construction Machinery Continues Despite Laundry List of Challenges By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Emerging from a market coma worsened by the pandemic, the new and used equipment sectors are in the midst of a high-demand cycle. If the heavy machinery market can navigate its way through supply-chain and labor issues, it should experience smooth sailing through 2023 and beyond. At its second-quarter earnings conference in early August, Alta Equipment Group outlined a see DEMAND page 50
The growing demand for heavy machinery is fueled by increased infrastructure construction activities as a result of both government and private investment.