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$350M Manahawkin Bay Bridge NJDOT photo
Pittsburgh’s SR 51 Proj ect Completes. ..8
December 2015: This view is of the overall progress at the easterly approach to the new Manahawkin Bay Bridge. The precast concrete parapet has been erected and the reinforcement extensions for the anchor slab can be seen.
By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT Ritchie Bros. Acquires Petrowsky...14
rehabilitation work, it will serve as the bridge for westbound traffic. The project is both federally and state funded. Steve Schapiro, NJDOT communications
A $350 million project for the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is expected to continue through 2020. The Route 72/Manahawkin Bay Bridge project began in 2013, and involves the 3-mi. (4.8 km) long causeway that links Stafford on the mainland with Ship Bottom Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, U.S. Sen. Tom on Long Beach Island. After 57 Carper (D-Del.), DelDOT Secretary Jennifer Cohan years of service, it is structurally and state and local officials announced a $10 million deficient and functionally obsoTransportation Investment Generating Economic lete. Recovery (TIGER) grant award from the U.S. Construction of the new span Department of Transportation (DOT) to help fund the was completed earlier this year, Claymont Regional Transportation Center and and the existing Bay Bridge, will replace the current obsolescent Claymont Train be closed to traffic for rehabilitaStation, parts of which date back to the early 1900s. tion. Upon completion of the
director, reported that a new bridge has been constructed parallel to the existing one over Manahawkin Bay, providing the safety of a see BRIDGE page 46
TIGER Grant Allows for Construction of Claymont Transportation Center
Lorusso Becomes Gateway for Europe’s Mecalac...22
Table of Contents ....................4 Truck & Trailer Section ....61-67 Recycling Section ............71-95 Attachment & Parts Section ...... ......................................105-115 Business Calendar................116 Auction Section ............120-133 Advertisers Index ................134
Claymont is the northernmost of Delaware’s four train stations, served by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) trains that link Delaware and the Philadelphia metropolitan region. Despite deficiencies in parking, vehicular and pedestrian access, and marginal ADA accessibility, the station has attracted a steady ridership of nearly 1,200 weekday and about 100 weekend passengers. see TIGER page 40
PennDOT Converts U.S. 13 to Urban Boulevard By Irwin Rapaport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Borough and Tullytown Borough. Construction began in January 2013. PennDOT’s contractor, James D. Morrissey, Inc. (JDM), is rehabilitating the roadway’s deteriorated pavement; replacing drainage facilities
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is working on a $36.5 million project to enhance travel and safety along a 4.3see PENNDOT page 90 mi. (7 km) stretch of U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike) between Route The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is working 413 and Levittown Parkway in on a $36.5 million project to enhance travel and safety along a 4.3-mi. (7 km) stretch of U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike). Bristol Township, Bristol
PennDOT photo