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December 3 2025 Vol. LXVII • No. 25
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Skanska Builds Albany’s Rail Bridge On Land
Crews Drive Piles for New Key Bridge...8
Super Leads Township to Self-Sufficiency...12
Industry Urges OSHA to Refine, Clarify Clause...16
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has contracted with Skanska Koch LAB JV (SKJV), a design-build team consisting of Skanska USA Civil and Skanska Koch, with HNTB as its designer, to design and build a new lift bridge for $635 million.
By Chuck MacDonald Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Concrete News Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47-49
Transportation historians estimate that trains have been crossing a bridge over the Hudson River between Albany and Rensselaer in upstate New York for nearly 150 years. The original railroad bridge was built in 1866 and replaced in 1902. Constructed as a swing bridge, a portion of the structure rotates to allow river traffic to pass. The bridge is owned by CSX and operated by Amtrak. Train traffic slows considerably when it passes over the old bridge. Over the years, it has required extensive, costly repairs. The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has contracted with Skanska Koch LAB JV (SKJV), a design-build team consisting of Skanska USA Civil and Skanska Koch, with HNTB as its designer, to design and build a new lift bridge for $635 million. The new structure will have two
Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53-72 Attachments Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-78 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-82 Snow & Ice Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83-86 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90-100 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
see BRIDGE page 34
John J. LaCamera Jr. Passes Away, 90 LaCamera family photo
John J. LaCamera Jr.
see tribute page 42