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Great Egg Harbor Bridge Nears Completion By Brenda Ruggiero
Twin American 9299s used for overnight mass concrete footing pour.
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Crews Prepare Smooth Landing at Ithaca Airport...8
H.O. Penn Holds SITEC H Demo Open House...14
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) is nearing the end of a $142 million project to replace the bridges over the tidal waters of Drag Channel (DC) and Great Egg Harbor (GEH). The Great Egg Harbor Bay is located in Cape May and Atlantic counties. The southbound lane opened for traffic in time for Labor Day weekend. The contract was awarded to Route 52 Constructors, with Daniel Zeller serving as the project manager. Work began on May 2, 2013, and the anticipated completion date is Oct. 19, 2016. The contract also calls for construction of the approach roadway on a new alignment, and demolition of the adjacent Route 9 Beesleys Point Bridge. Funding for the project comes from NJTA toll revenues. According to Tom Feeney, media relations coordinator for the NJTA, this project is the first phase of a two-phase program that replaces the aged southbound bridge originally built in the 1950s. At the completion of the first phase, southbound and northbound traffic will share the new structures. The second phase of the project will then commence to reconstruct/rehabilitate the existing northbound structures that were built in the
1970s. The project’s marine environment required the use of trestles and barges for access to the work, which included cofferdams; driving of 30 in. (76.2 cm) square pre-stressed concrete piles; reinforced concrete footings; columns and caps; 95.5 in. (242.5 cm) deep pre-stressed concrete see GEH page 126
Paving Section ..................55-68
Energy Pipelines: Many U.S. Projects in Various Stages
Off-Road Trucks Section ..69-90
By Brenda Ruggiero
Ear thmover s Snuff s Out Under groun d Fire s... 18
Table of Contents ....................4
Business Calendar................106 Snow & Ice Section ......113-117 Parts Section ........................118 Auction Section ............122-137 Advertisers Index ................138
PennEast Pipeline photo
PennEast Pipeline
CEG CORRESPONDENT
The United States has the largest network of energy pipelines in the world, with more than 2.5 million mi. (4 million km) of pipe, according to Pipeline101.com. They can be designed for everything from natural gas, gasoline, home heating oil and crude oil. The use of pipe for oil transportation reportedly began soon after the first commercial oil well was drilled by “Colonel” Edwin Drake in Titusville, Pa., in 1859. Of
course, many changes and improvements have been made since that time, and the latest technology is used today to build and operate the pipelines. These days, many of the projects are met with opposition from various groups, and sometimes lawsuits are filed and construction is slowed or even halted. CEG compiled a brief summary of some of the main pipeline projects currently under construction, proposed and on hold across the country. see PIPELINE page 40