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® February 20 2019 Vol. LVI • No. 4
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Pittsburgh Beltway Project Enters New Phase
Schlouch Delivers Despite Record Rainfall…10
Boniface Retires From Pine Bush Equipment …18
CDR Maguire is managing the construction of the entire Southern Beltway Project, which includes nine construction sections. The total cost of the project is estimated at approximately $800 million.
By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Five Star Completes Two Major Facilities…24
Table of Contents................ 4 Paving Section.............. 53-66 Excavators & Attachments Section........................ 67-107 Business Calendar.......... 116 Parts Section....................116 Auction Section...... 120-133 Advertisers Index............ 134
consists of 12 total contracts. A total of 27 million cu. yds. of excavation will be needed to connect U.S. Route 22 with Interstate 79. When complete, it will be a cashless tolling roadway with four interchanges with a posted speed of 70 mph. The project began in 2015 with bridges being
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) is continuing the construction of the Southern Beltway in Pittsburgh, Pa. The most current phase, 55A2, was awarded to Trumbull Corporation on Nov. 6 for a reported $116.2 million. This portion of the project has a planned completion date of June 2021. The 2.75-mi. portion will run from Quicksilver Road to the Panhandle Trail. CDR Maguire is managing the The Maryland Department of Transportation State construction of the entire Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) is setting Southern Beltway Project, which structural support beams at the I-270/Watkins Mill includes nine construction secRoad interchange project in Gaithersburg. The steel tions. The total cost of the project beam installation work began Feb. 3 and will be comis estimated at approximately plete by the beginning of March. $800 million. To perform this phase of the $84 million project, According to the PTC, the see BEAMS page 124 project consists of building 13 mi. of a four-lane, concrete highMDOT SHA photo Crews prepare to install new steel on the future way. It is split up into seven Watkins Mill Road Bridge over I-270. major construction sections and
built over U.S. Route 22, and the bulk of the construction for the roadway started in December of 2016. “The fact that this project is all-new construction of a limited access, four-lane highway is unique in itself,” said Dale Rosinski, project see BELTWAY page 44
Milestones: MDOT SHA Begins to Set Steel Beams at I-270/Watkins Mill Road