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February 8, 2017 • Vol. LV • No. 3 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
Routine Bridge Maintenance Avoids Catastrophe By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
VDOT Rehabilitates I-64 Maury River Bridges...8
Industry Gathers for World of Concrete...18
Motorists accustomed to making the Delaware River Turnpike Bridge a part of their regular drive will have to adapt to some new travel habits for at least the foreseeable future. That news came nearly two weeks after a fracture was discovered in a bridge beam Jan. 20 during routine maintenance. “This is a bridge that carries on average 42,000 vehicles a day,” said Carl DeFebo Jr., manager of media relations of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. “It is causing an
inconvenience for travelers, but what is important to understand is that it is a critical safety issue and we need to make a great effort to make sure it is fixed right and safe for the long term. This is going to be a prolonged closure.” The fracture was discovered as crews worked on a $50 million project to paint and make structural repairs to the 80-ft. (24.4 m) high bridge connecting the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Turnpikes. The fracture is in the top member of the steel truss on the approach span on the Pennsylvania side of see BRIDGE page 36
Rochester’s $21M Inner Loop Transformation Advances By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Fisher Industries Provides Solution to Quarry’s Query...69
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Concrete Applied Technologies Corporation (Catco) began work on Rochester’s $21 million Inner Loop East Transformation Project in May 2015 and expects to complete the project in September 2017. The federal government is funding the bulk of the project with $16.7 million from the TIGER program; the state is see LOOP page 98
Truck & Trailer Section........ ...................................... 61-65 Recycling Section.........69-93 Attachment & Parts Section .................................. 103-110 Auction Section........116-129 Business Calendar...........128 Advertisers Index............ 130
Concrete Applied Technologies Corporation (Catco) began work on Rochester’s $21 million Inner Loop East Transformation Project in May 2015 and expects to complete the project in September 2017.
Pennsylvania Turnpike photo
Due to a slight lowering of the span, the bridge will have to be jacked back into place, using 80 ft. (24.4 m) platforms.
Report Shows Project Backlog Reaches $926B The U.S. Department of Transportation in a new “conditions and performance” report estimates that the backlog of needed highway and transit infrastructure projects has reached $926 billion, and that many billions more will be needed in the next 20 years to keep up with demand.
The congressionally mandated biennial report “identifies an $836 billion backlog of unmet capital investment needs for highways and bridges,” the USDOT said, and $90 billion more for transit systems. The Trump administration has described a plan to generate an estimated $1 The U.S. Department of Transportation in a new “conditions and trillion in overall infrastrucperformance” report estimates that the backlog of needed high- ture investment over the next way and transit infrastructure projects has reached $926 billion.
see USDOT page 122