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Clock Ticks Toward Another Highway Trust Fund Crisis
Topcon Reaches Out in Ever Changing Job Market…8
Demolition of the bridge deck and parapet.
Tracey Road Equipment Holds Open House…14
Crews Close on $33.6M Bridge Rehabilitation
With Oct. 1 marking the beginning of fiscal year 2015, the 31-member organization Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) urged Congress to find a way to pay for, and pass, a new long-term surface transportation measure as soon as possible. They cautioned that failure to act would lead to another self-imposed funding crisis that would undermine vital road, highway and transit repairs. “We worked hard to build broad consensus within a deeply-divided Congress for investing in the nation’s aging roads, bridges and transit systems,” said Stephen E. Sandherr, the chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America and the Coalition’s co-chair. “Members of Congress can either take advantage of that momentum or add transportation funding back to an already-long list of self-created crises threatening our economic vitality.” see FUND page 139
Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Jesco Breaks Ground on Facility…31
Table of Contents ................4 Crawler Loaders, Dozers, Undercarriages & Parts Section ..........................83-95 Paving Section............97-111 Business Calendar ..........128 Snow & Ice Section..133-138 Parts Section....................139 Auction Section ......144-157 Advertisers Index ............158
Crews currently are working towards completion of a bridge rehabilitation project in McKeesport, Pa. The project consists of structural rehabilitation of the 1,934 ft. (589 m) long William D. Mansfield Memorial Bridge, which crosses over the Monongahela River connecting McKeesport and Dravosburg. Passing beneath its span are State Route 837, the southbound lanes of West Fifth Avenue, a CSX rail line and a Norfolk Southern rail line. Steel from the Wabash railway bridge was melted down and used in the original 1948 construction. This is not the first rehabilitation that the Mansfield Bridge has seen. In 1982, the bridge deck was resurfaced with asphalt, the steel structure was painted and new lights and concrete barriers were installed. The full contract amount for the current projet of $33,623,404.28 was awarded by the Allegheny County Department of Public Works to Joseph B. Fay Company, with Tyson Hicks serving as project manager. The project began on Jan.10, 2012, and is scheduled for completion by Dec. 15, 2014. It currently is running approximately one month ahead of schedule. The structural work includes the replacement of the concrete bridge deck, expansion dams and seismically vulnerable see BRIDGE page 114
Huge Crane Arrives at N.Y.’s Tappan Zee Project AP/Seth Wenig photo
A large crane named the Left Coast Lifter arrived at the Tappan Zee Bridge near Nyack, N.Y., Oct. 6, 2014. The crane, which can lift 1,900 tons (1,723 t), will assist in the ongoing construction at the bridge. see TAPPAN page 142