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November 24 2010 Vol. XLVIII • No. 24
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Ramps Meet the ‘Grade’at I-80 Brookville By Jennifer Rupp
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Vital Philly Bridge Opens Ahead of Schedule…8
Pizzagalli Squeezes Into a Tight Spot…14
One of the prominent stops along I-80 in Pennsylvania is Brookville, exit 78. The town was built in the 1800s, thriving in the lumber industry with the aid of many streams and connections to larger rivers. Lumber mills were built along the watersheds and logs were floated to markets in Pittsburgh. Lumber and manufacturing still support the town today, but visitors also come to see the Victorian architecture of the Brookville Historic District, the Hazen Flea Market and the Jefferson County Fair. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and HRI Inc. have been hard at work, rehabilitating the I-80/SR 36 Brookville Interchange to provide longer, smoother exit ramps for Brookville travelers. The project includes new concrete shoulders, ramp realignment and construction of acceleration and deceleration lanes. The contract also covers minor bridge rehabilitation, drainage and the construction of a noise barrier wall — all performed by prime contractor HRI Inc. of State College, Pa. Subcontractor Dixon Electric, based in Claysburg, Pa is installing new traffic signals where the ramps intersect SR 36. see BROOKVILLE page 16
JCB Launches Next Gen Skid Steers, CTLs…24
Table of Contents ........4 Paving Section ......50-63 Motorgraders Section .... ..............................67-71 Parts Section ....104-105 Auction Section 112-128 Business Calendar....114 Advertisers Index ....126
HRI used a Caterpillar D8 dozer and a Caterpillar 330D to excavate the rock slope on the I-80 westbound off ramp. This material was used to construct the fill benches that the westbound on-ramp and eastbound off-ramps were built on.
Caterpillar Acquires Bucyrus Inc. in $8.6 N.Y. Makes Bid for $3B Billion Transaction Marked for N.J. Tunnel
Caterpillar Inc. and Bucyrus International Inc. have entered into an agreement under which Caterpillar will acquire Bucyrus International in a transaction valued at approximately $8.6 billion (including net debt). The acquisition is based on Caterpillar’s key strategic imperative to expand its leadership in the mining equipment industry, and positions Caterpillar to capitalize on the robust long-term outlook for commodities driven by the trend of rapid growth in emerging markets which are improving infrastructure, rapidly developing urban areas and industrializing their economies. Under the terms of the transaction, which has been approved by see CATERPILLAR page 18
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) New York is seeking the $3 billion that the federal government had committed to the Hudson River rail tunnel that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie scrapped. The Record newspaper reported that U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York has asked Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to redirect the money to the Long Island Rail Road’s East Side Access Project and the construction of the Second Avenue subway line. Transportation officials in New Jersey are examining how to redirect as much as $1 billion in federal highway funding that had been pledged for the tunnel. LaHood has said New Jersey will be required to repay up to $350 million. Christie cited cost overruns when he killed the project in October.