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® July 24 2019 Vol. LVI • No. 15
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Preserving Arlington Memorial Bridge National Park Service photo
The draw span is being replaced with new, fixed steel girders that will maintain the bridge’s functionality and historic appearance.
Remembering Ar my’s 1919 Cross-Countr y Convoy...10
Pittsbur gh’s Steel Cur tain Retur ns…14
By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
Vu lcan Hos ts Quar r y Cr ush er Run s…44
Table of Contents................ 4 Truck & Trailer Section........ ...................................... 51-57 Recycling Section........ 63-84 Attachment & Parts Section ...................................... 85-89 Business Calendar.......... 106 Auction Section...... 108-120 Advertisers Index............ 118
As one of the largest transportation projects in National Park Service history, the rehabilitation of Arlington Memorial Bridge will dramatically improve the ceremonial entrance to the nation’s capital. Construction on the $227 million project is currently under way. “We’re working on the bridge so that it will stand for at least another 75 years of service,” said Aaron LaRocca, chief of staff of George
Washington Memorial Parkway. “If we had not done the work now, Federal Highway Administration engineers determined we might have had to close the bridge to vehicle traffic by 2021.” The construction work will replace the drawbridge span, rehabilitate the concrete approach spans and replace the concrete deck. Workers will expedite the process by using prefabricated concrete deck panels. Crews will protect the bridge’s historic appearance by removing, rehabilitating and then resetting the stone curbs and
light posts. They also will rehabilitate historic stone and metal cladding. The National Park Service and Federal Highway Administration will replace the draw span with new, fixed steel girders that will maintain the bridge’s functionality and historic appearance. The new structural steel will extend the useful life of the bridge and cut down on maintenance costs. LaRocca noted that the project didn’t happen overnight. For years, temporary repairs were see ARLINGTON page 30
Report: Poor Infrastructure Grades, Again By Joe Trinacria CEG ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) produces a comprehensive report grading various zones of infrastructure on both the national and statewide levels. Although infrastructure often goes overlooked or is even taken for granted altogether, it remains our country’s lifeblood and serves as the foundation upon which our daily lives are ultimately carried out. With the release of each ASCE report comes the reluctant affirmation
of a grim set of facts that many of us already know too well about our most vital — we as a society have allowed our bridges and roads to decay to the point of near ruin. As with the previous ASCE Infrastructure Report Card, which examined conditions for the year 2013, the cumulative GPA of the United States as a whole is once again a D+ in the organization’s latest summary. The individual categories of infrastructure that the ASCE took into consideration is as follows: Aviation, Bridges, Dams, Drinking Water, Energy, Hazardous Waste, Inland Waterways, Levees,
Ports, Public Parks, Rail, Roads, Schools, Solid Waste, Transit and Wastewater. Out of the 16 zones of infrastructure that were surveyed, only four received passing grades. The scores ranged from as high as a B for Rail to a D- for Transit on the low end of the scale. While any of the failing grades should be enough cause for concern, perhaps none is more troublesome than the D that was given to roads. According to the current ASCE report for 2017 (the most up-to-date year available), the U.S. government has been underfunding its see REPORT page 109