Published Nationally Northeast Edition
® October 28 2020 Vol. LVII • No. 22
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Inside
ABC Brings Bridges Quicker to Completion
Dealer Aims to Bring AUSA to U.S. Job Sites…14
Dealer Takes CEG on Tour of Hurricane Damage…29
For the Orient Way Bridge, approximately 505,000 lbs. of structural steel and 1,385 cu. yds. of concrete (465 cu. yds. of precast and 920 cu. yds. of cast-in-place) were used.
By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Pavings Skils on Display at Speedway Job…39
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is investing $26.7 million to replace the current Ridge Road Bridge (107 ft. long, one lane in each direction) and the
Orient Way Bridge (107 ft. long, two lanes in each direction) over Route 3 in the Township of Rutherford in Bergen County. The Ridge Road Bridge, which carries 14,000 vehicles per-day, and the Orient Way Bridge, which carries 24,000 vehicles per-day, are several decades old. Approximately 4 per-
cent of the traffic consists of trucks. “The bridges were considered structurally deficient and functionally obsolete,” said Steve Schapiro, NJDOT’s deputy director of communications. “Planning for this project began in the fall of 2014. Both bridges are on important local see BRIDGES page 84
Table of Contents ................4
Protecting Work Boots on the Highways
Paving Section..............39-55
ARTBA Strives to Safeguard Workers From Accidents, Injuries
Crawler Loaders, Dozers, Undercarriages & Parts Section ..........................59-65 Snow & Ice Section ......95-99 Auction Section ......102-109 Business Calendar ..........109 Advertisers Index ............110
By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Highway construction workers are always at risk on the job. OSHA reports the leading cause of highway construction worker injuries and fatalities is contact with construction vehicles, objects and equipment. Best practices can prevent and eliminate injuries and deaths. What are you doing to keep
workers on the ground safe on your job site? As highway infrastructure ages, the focus has shifted to rebuilding and improving existing roadways. This means more roadwork is being performed on roadways that are open to traffic. At the same time, traffic continues to grow and create more congestion, see SAFETY page 90