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December 15 2018 Vol. XX โข No. 25
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Crews Race Time in R.R. Bridge Rebuild
Palmer Johnson Plans New Facility in 2019โฆ10
Bobcat Dealership Opens in Brainerd, MInn. โฆ22
Connector beams grouted in place achieved full strength for rail traffic within eight hours.
Hayden-Murphy Hosts Kleemann Demoโฆ51
Table of Contents ................4 Attachment & Parts Section ......................................39-43 Recycling Section ........51-71 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................79-85 Snow & Ice Section ......93-97 Business Calendar ............99 Auction Section ......101-105 Advertisers Index ............106
By Brenda Ruggiero
This fall, Fay, an i+iconUSA Company, managed the design-build replacement of the Flat Rock River Bridge in Columbus, Ind., completing the project in only 50 hours, well in advance of a 96-hour outage deadline. The project was done for Louisville & Indiana Rail (LIRC), which is part of Anacostia CEG CORRESPONDENT
Rail Holdings. Fay demolished the old bridge and installed its replacement using a jack-andslide method, with the outage portion of the work complete on Oct. 31. The bridge is located at Milepost 40.19 of the Louisville and Indiana Railroad. The former structure consisted of two 144-ft. through-truss spans and seven 30-ft. steel-deck girder
approach spans, with an overall length of 498 ft. Fay replaced it with a new 118-ft. through-plate girder-span bridge and 13 approach spans ranging in length from 30 ft. to 34 ft. Brendan Lynam, Fayโs operations director, was in charge of the project, and Chuck Grabner served as project manager. see BRIDGEโpage 32
Kan. Road Crews Tackle Soil, Subgrade Issues By Irwin Rapoport
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Crews from Emery Sapp & Sons Inc. started work in May on the Kansas Department of Transportationโs (KDOT) $16 million pavement reconstruction of a 7.12 mi. section of U.S. 169 in Allen County, from Minnesota Road south to
Delaware Road. The key element is to replace the concrete pavement on the mainline and interchange ramps and establish a new subgrade base. New box culverts and underground water infrastructure also are being installed. The project is funded under the Heavy Preservation portion of see ROAD page 30
The Kansas Department of Transportation is repaving a 7.12-mi. section of U.S Route 169 in Allen County.