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NYSDOT Replaces 85-Year-Old Truss Bridge By By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Timing is Critical for Albany Airport Project...8
Walsh Equipment Thanks Customers...14
Bran dywine Mou rns Henr y Me inhar dt. ..22
Union Concrete and Construction Corp. has nearly completed the replacement of the New York Route 5 and U.S. Route 20 Bridge over Cattaraugus Creek for the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), a nearly $16 million project funded by the state and federal government. Work on the project, located in the Cattaraugus Territory of the Seneca Nation of Indians, began in July 2013. The old 540 ft. (164.6 m) long bridge, built in 1931, had two lanes (one in each direction). The replacement bridge also has two lanes, but has wider shoulders and sidewalks. “The existing bridge is approaching the end of its useful life,” stated the NYDOT Web page for the project. “It has inadequate vertical clearance for large trucks and the bridge sidewalks do not meet federal standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The proposed project will replace the existing truss bridge with
Rob Nordwall, Union Concrete and Construction photo
Working on the Seneca Nation of Indians territory created challenges during design and construction due to land ownership issues, contractor employment issues and coordination with the Tribal Council.
a wider, multi-girder bridge on a slightly modified alignment.” The bridge carries an average daily traffic of 18,508 vehicles per-day. Its structural deficiencies were identified through the NYSDOT’s
continuing bridge inspection program. “A June 1997 bridge inspection resulted in a General Recommendation of four, indicating serious deterioration requiring major repairs or see NYSDOT page 46
Station Linking $31.5M Project to Replace Times Square, Bridge Near Pentagon Begins 34th Street Opens By Brenda Ruggiero
Table of Contents ....................4 Truck & Trailer Section ....69-75 Recycling Section ..........79-107 Business Calendar................114 Snow & Ice Section ......117-120 Attachment & Parts Section...........................121-127 Auction Section ............132-149 Advertisers Index ................150
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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) recently began a bridge replacement project near the Pentagon in Arlington County, Va. The $31.5 million project replaces the Route 27 (Washington Boulevard) bridge over Route 110 (Jefferson Davis Highway). Currently, the existing bridge carries three lanes of traffic in each direction and has a concrete sidewalk on each side and a 6-ft.-wide (1.8 m) concrete raised median. The bridge was built in 1941 (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) People enter the 34th Street and 11th Avenue sub- and is considered structurally deficient. The project was awarded to Judlau way station, New York City’s first new station in a Contracting Inc. and work began in March quarter-century. see SUBWAY page 136
see BRIDGE page 49
The $31.5 million project replaces the Route 27 (Washington Boulevard) bridge over Route 110 (Jefferson Davis Highway). The original bridge was built in 1941 and is considered structurally deficient.