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® October 16 2019 Vol. LVI • No. 21
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‘Bridge to Nowhere’ Starts to Go Somewhere The prime contractor is Kanawha Stone Company, with James Self serving as foreman. The project supervisor for WDOH is Chase Aliff.
By Brenda Ruggiero Antique Iron Fans Gather at HCEA Convention…10
ICUEE Shatters Attendance Records…32
UTCA Holds Annual Show in Atlantic City…48
Table of Contents................ 4 Truck & Trailer Section........ ...................................... 59-65
CEG CORRESPONDENT
What was once called the “Bridge to Nowhere” in Bluefield, W.Va., is now going somewhere thanks to the Governor’s Roads to Prosperity Program. According to Terra L. Goins, PE, assistant district engineer of the West Virginia Division of Highways (WDOH), the bridge was one of the first projects added to the program. It is funded by the West Virginia Turnpike Bond Program. The bridge will be called by its official name, the Christine West Bridge. It was named in 2011 for Christine West, a member of the King Coal Highway Authority who was with the West Virginia Department of Highways for 30 years. “Under the Governor’s Roads to Prosperity Program with the leadership of Governor Jim Justice and the direction of the Department of Transportation Secretary/Commissioner Byrd White and Deputy Commissioner/Secretary Jimmy Wriston, this phase of the King Coal Highway will be completed and the ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ will take travelers to the airport,” What was once called the “Bridge to Nowhere” in Bluefield, W.Va., is now going somewhere thanks to see BRIDGE page 92
the Governor’s Roads to Prosperity Program.
Mine Turns to Some ‘Coal Cats’ for Mass Excavation By Colin Kund CEG CORRESPONDENT
Recycling Section........ 69-91 Snow & Ice Section..103-105 Auction Section...... 118-132
(Editor’s note: this is the second of a three-part series that explores Lehigh Anthracite Coal LLC’s operations in Pennsylvania. This article focuses on some of the equipment the company uses to bring its coal to the marketplace.)
Business Calendar.......... 122 Advertisers Index............ 130
The 6015B loads a Euclid haul truck with overburden from a fresh “shot” which took place a few days earlier.
First, here’s a review of Lehigh Anthracite Coal LLC: The company operates an open pit mine on approximately 8,000 acres of land just outside of Tamaqua, Pa., in Schuylkill County. Lehigh Anthracite is the contract miner, employer and maintainer of all building assets on the property. There are 100 employees currently employed by the company. Lehigh Anthracite LP, a partnership between BET Associates IV LLC, and Robindale Energy & Associated Companies, owns all see LEHIGH page 42