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® November 24 2021 Vol. LXIII • No. 24
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WF Delauter & Son Leads Two-Bridge Project…8
Hiring Vets Could Be Answer to Staffing Woes…12
By Lucy Perry
A “patient approach to rebuilding American competitiveness through infrastructure” is how think tank Brookings Institution describes the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Though at $1.2 trillion it’s less than President Joe Biden first proposed, the final breakdown amounts to a five-year funding span that is as broad as it is deep. In addition to a minimum grant of $100 million to each state and U.S. territory for broadband expansion, allocations by state include:
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Alabama Alabama is set to receive $5.2 billion for federal-aid highway programs and $255 million for bridge replacements; $400 million for public transportation; $23 million to prevent and $19 million to protect against wildfires; $79 million to expand electric vehicle charging; $728 million for water infrastructure; and $140 million for airport infrastructure development. see INFRASTRUCTURE page 28
Tioga Takes On Span Over the Salmon River Hoffman Equipment Holds ‘Mini ConExpo’…36
By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Crews from Tioga Construction began
Table of Contents ................4 a $17.5 million New York State Department of Transportation’s (NYS-
Paving Section..............67-83 DOT) project to demolish and replace the Route 34B bridge over the Salmon River,
Trailers Section ..........94-106 which carries traffic in and out of the city Snow & Ice Section..107-111 Auction Section ......114-128 Business Calendar ..........125 Advertisers Index ............126
of Ithaca, home to the famed Cornell University. The 500-ft. long three-span steel arch bridge (two-lanes in each direction) was built in 1930 in Tompkins Count and is close to several schools, farm fields, a county park and a marina. The new bridge, built on the same alignment is, 500 ft. long, 40 ft. wide and sits 120 ft. above the river. It is based on a slant leg
rigid frame design. The project will replace a structure with a modern span featuring a concrete bridge deck supported by steel girders and piers, offering 12-ft.-wide travel lanes and 8-ft.wide shoulders. The additional width will provide more room for pedestrians, cyclists and disabled vehicles. Daily traffic on the bridge is more than 7,700 cars and trucks. Construction started in November 2020 with the demolition of the old bridge and with the substructure complete, crews are getting ready to set the steel for the superstructure. They have finished placing and installing a Manitowoc MLC650 VPC-MAX lattice boom crawler crane to lift and set the steel. see TIOGA page 86
The piers were considered “Mass Placement” and required a thermal control plan and temperature regulating system be designed, and temperatures monitored and recorded internally throughout curing.
