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July 26, 2017 • Vol. LV • No. 15 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
Bridge Deck Cruises Through Panama Canal By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
Cuomo Announces $5.6B for Long Island Railroad...8
Laying a Solid Foundation: Penn’s Concrete Pour...14
Monroe Tractor Purchases Case of New England...22
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In dramatic fashion, an orthotropic deck shipped from Washington State via the Panama Canal has reached its final destination in New Jersey. The mid-July arrival marks a milestone for crews working on the Route 7 Wittpenn Bridge project, located within Jersey City and Kearny in Hudson County. “This complex project requires extensive coordination and communication among internal and external stakeholders in order to ensure the right work is happening at the right time in the right place, to allow it to advance on schedule,” said Mahesh Patel, New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) project manager. “It involves extensive environ- In dramatic fashion, an orthotropic deck shipped from Washington State via the Panama Canal mental, right-of-way, geotechnical, has reached its final destination in New Jersey. structure and utility work.” Named for H. Otto Wittpenn, a former mayor Interchange 15W and Newark/Jersey City bridge will be located north of the existing of Jersey City, Wittpenn Bridge carries Route 7 Turnpike to the west. The work consists of the bridge. “The existing Wittpenn Bridge is a vertical traffic over the Hackensack River and serves as replacement of the Route 7 Wittpenn Bridge a major connector between Routes 139 and 1&9 over the river and the realignment of Fish House lift bridge that was built in 1930, and is 2,169 Truck to the east, and the New Jersey Turnpike Road on the west side of the water. The new see WHITTPENN page 98
1817 •Celebrating Erie Canal’s Bicentennial• 2017 By Pete Sigmund CEG EDITORIAL CONSULTANT
Truck & Trailers Section.. 57-63 Recycling Section............ 67-91 Attachment & Parts Section...... ...................................... 105-111 Auction Section............ 116-125 Business Calendar.............. 118 Advertisers Index................ 126
I’ve got a mule, her name is Sal 15 miles on the Erie Canal… Low bridge, everybody down Low bridge, for we’re coming to a town This song is one of the many echoing through the many generations since men dug shovels into earth in Rome, N.Y., on July 4, 1817, in the groundbreaking of the nation’s first great infrastructure project, the Erie Canal. The United States is now celebrating
An artist’s drawing of men operating lock equipment at Lockport in 1839.
the bicentennial of this 363-milelong 19th Century engineering feat, which created a navigable water route connecting Albany, N.Y., on the Hudson River in the East with Buffalo, N.Y., on Lake Erie to the West. Thousands of men, including many Irish, German and Welsh immigrants wielding shovels, pick see ERIE page 30