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Haggard Span in Md. Undergoes Rehabilitation By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Construction of Monument for Fallen Soldiers Underway…8
Key Equipment Returns to its Roots…14
A tired bridge west of Hagerstown, Md., is undergoing rehabilitation through the Maryland State Highway Administration’s (SHA) bridge preservation and replacement program. The project involves the I-70 bridge over Conococheague Creek, which is a dual bridge constructed in 1965. According to Heather Keels, District 6 and 7 community liaison of the SHA’s Office of Customer Relations and Information, the bridge was still safe for the traveling public, but was showing signs of deterioration. The rehabilitation and widening will extend its life by an additional 30 to 50 years. The project cost is estimated at approximately $16.5 million, which will be federally funded. Construction began in June 2012, and is on schedule for an expected completion by fall 2014, weather permitting. SHA awarded the contract to Concrete General Inc. of Gaithersburg, with Butch Lundgren as the general superintendent. Jeff Foreman serves as the SHA project engineer. The scope of the project includes widening the existing bridges in the median area of I-70, removal and replacement of the bridge deck and structural steel, widening of the existing bridge piers, repair and widening of existing bridge abutments, widening and resurfacing of the approach roadways, CONOCOCHEAGUE see page 128
To provide access during construction of the piers, the contractor built a temporary bridge across Conococheague Creek below the highway bridges.
Continuing ConExpo Coverage Hoffman Equipment Hosts Event in Marlboro, N.Y. …24
see CONEXPO page 44
Table of Contents ................4 Paving Section ..............59-71 Skid Steers, Compact Track Loaders & Attachments Section ..........................75-95 Parts Section....................122 Auction Section ......126-141 Business Calendar ..........138 Advertisers Index ............142
AEM kicked off ConExpo-Con/AGG 2014 with a creative and acrobatic opening ceremony.
Total registration of 129,364 soared past the last edition of the shows as they achieved the second-highest attendance in their history.