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Komatsu America Acquires Midl antic Machinery…8
Americans Place High Value on Infrastructure Many Americans are not sure how much money we personally pay every month to maintain and improve the roads, bridges and public transit we use. But 75 to 80 percent of us say having safe, efficient and well-maintained transportation infrastructure is at least, if not more, important to our personal livelihood and well-being than good cable, cell phone, Internet, water, sewage and household electric-
ity and natural gas services. Those are key findings of a first-ever national poll conducted to see how valuable Americans think our road and transit network is to the nation, our everyday life, and relative to other modern necessities we routinely rely upon. The poll found we place a high value on good roads and public transit because: • 8-in-10 of us (78 percent) say driving a
motor vehicle is “very” or “extremely” important to our ability to conduct our daily lives. Twenty-one percent (including 34 percent of low income respondents) say the same about using public transportation; • Nearly 9-in-10 (88 percent) say transportation infrastructure is important to maintaining a strong U.S. economy; see POLL page 32
Much-Needed Bridge Projects Begin in Md. By Brenday Ruggiero
tiveness of the downtown streets and parking below. The contractor will sandblast and paint steel, make repairs A federally funded project to concrete and steel, wrap involving improvements to two the piers in a protective fiber bridges in the western Maryland material, replace roadway city of Cumberland began early joint seals on I-68 and MD this year and will continue for the 51, repair curbs and parapet next two years. walls, patch the decks, clean Under the Maryland State and repair the drainage sysHighway Administration (SHA), tem on the Crosstown construction began in January Bridge, improve pavement and is scheduled to proceed in on the MD 51 Bridge and the phases through early 2015. The approaches to the Crosstown contract, in the amount of $13.9 Bridge, and replace the roadmillion, was awarded to Titan Industrial Services Inc. of This November 29, 2012 photo shows the underside of the I-68 Crosstown way lighting on the Baltimore, Md. Approximately Bridge prior to the project start. The project includes concrete repairs, Crosstown Bridge.” Work is reportedly cur$12 million of the cost is for the steel painting and other work to extend the life of the bridge. rently on schedule. In the Crosstown Bridge, and approxiearly stages, the contractor focused on installing mately $2 million is for the much smaller MD Information. “This major rehabilitation will extend their construction platforms. Next, the focus was on 51 Bridge. The project involves repairs, painting and lifespan while improving the safety and attracsee CROSSTOWN page 46 other improvements to two bridges in Cumberland: the I-68 Bridge over Wills Creek, CSX Railroad and municipal streets in Cumberland (known as the Cumberland Viaduct or en from 5,600 in August 2010 to fewer than 4,500 in By Jon Schmitz Crosstown Bridge); and the MD 51 the most recent count. PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE (Industrial Boulevard) Bridge over Similar progress has been made locally. In a fivethe CSX Railroad and Canal PITTSBURGH (AP) Across the state and in the county area that includes Pittsburgh, the number of Parkway. region, a bad bridge situation has gotten better in deficient state- and locally maintained bridges has “The bridges are structurally safe, fallen from 1,246 in 2010 to 1,054 now. In recent years. but showing signs of deterioration,” Allegheny County, the number was reduced from Although Pennsylvania continues to lead the said Heather Keels, the SHA’s, nation in structurally deficient bridges, the number 439 to 340 in that time. District 6 and 7 community liaison for of state-maintained bridges in that category has fallsee BRIDGES page 106 the Office of Customer Relations and CEG CORRESPONDENT
Rail C ars Buckle Highway Overpass…54
Ritchie Breaks Ground on New Aucti on Si te…128
Table of Contents ................4 Air Compressors, Generators & Light Towers Section ........ ......................................63-70 Paving Section ............75-91 Parts Section ..................122 Business Calendar ..........123 Auction Section ......126-144 Advertisers Index............142
Pa. Bridges Better, But Still Need Work