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WF DELAUTER & SON LEADS TWO-BRIDGE PROJECT IN FREDERICK
The prime contractor on the project is WF Delauter & Son Inc. The project includes 1,500 linear ft. of roadway removal and replacement, 7,000 cu. yds. of excavation, 3,000 cu. yds. of concrete, 500 linear ft. of water main and 400 linear ft. of storm sewer.
By Brenda Ruggiero
CEG CORRESPONDENT
A federally funded Capital Improvement Program (CIP) project is currently under way to improve Gas House Pike at Linganore Creek in Frederick, Md.
The work is being done for the Frederick County Department of Engineering and Construction Management.
The $3.9 million project began in November 2020, with completion planned by January 2022. Work is now 80 percent complete.
The prime contractor is WF Delauter & Son Inc., with William Delauter in charge.
“The previous culvert was not adequate and created flooding and road closure several times a year,” Delauter said. “Both spans lie in a low point along Gas House Pike. Both needed to be removed [existing] and work is being done on all four abutments simultaneously in order to expedite the schedule. We will receive a $70,000 incentive bonus if the road is open by Nov. 24, 2021, which we will have the road open approximately one month prior to that date.”
Work will include complete removal of both existing structures, installing a single 77-ft. span prestressed girder bridge with concrete substructure and caisson foundation, installing a single 52-ft. span prestressed girder bridge with concrete substructure and caisson foundation, installing new bridge parapets, and replacing portions of the existing traffic barriers.
In addition, work will include installing new traffic barriers and end treatments, installing pipe culverts and headwall, installing storm water management facilities, installing roadway drainage improvements, installing a 10-in. diameter sanitary sewer line with associated items, 12-in. diameter water line with associated items, regrading approaches, placing full depth pavement and tying grading into existing
The project involves the replacement of two existing structures, a larger multi-cell structure known as Gas House Pike Bridge (Structure No. F09-21) and a nearby smaller multi-cell pipe structure just west of Gas House Pike Bridge, which will become a new bridge (Structure No. F09-25).
