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U.S. 13 Bridge Receives Much-Needed Upgrade Crews place latex modified concrete on the Southbound Bridge over Pocomoke River.
JLG Boom Lifts Help Rebuild World Trade Center…8
By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Wayne Township Uses Volvo Iron…18
A bridge on the Somerset/Worcester County line in Maryland is getting a needed upgrade. Upgrading of the U.S. 13 Bridge over the Pocomoke River began in May 2014 and is on schedule for a fall 2015 completion date. This
rehabilitation of approximately 1,844-ft. long (562 m), dual lane bridges with 25 individual steel beam spans is headed by Joseph B. Fay Company, Glen Burnie, Md., with Mike Veid serving as senior project manager. According to David Buck, media relations manager of the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA), the project replaces the
existing decks of the two northbound lanes of the U.S. 13 (Ocean Highway) Bridge and resurfaces the two southbound bridge decks crossing the Pocomoke River that connects Somerset and Worcester Counties in Maryland. In addition to the resurfacing and replacing of the bridge decks, the contract includes bridge painting and see BRIDGE page 50
Pile Drivers Shore Up New Jersey’s Storm Defense By Brian M. Fraley SPECIAL TO CEG Ritchie Bros. Hosts Auction in East Brunswick…144
Table of Contents ....................4 Truck & Trailer Section ....69-73 Recycling Section ..........77-103 Business Calendar................112
The streets on the barrier island of Mantoloking, N.J., are alive with construction activity on an unseasonably warm day in November of 2014. Heavy equipment is rolling
and crawling. Hammers are pounding on lumber. Hard hats and safety vests dot the landscape. And the smell of asphalt and fresh lumber competes with the salty aroma of the ocean. Progress is under way, but it came at a price. The borough of Mantoloking
was among the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy in October of 2012. The powerful imagery was witnessed around the world as this post-tropical cyclone pounded the New Jersey coastline, leaving in its wake fatalities, stranded residents, mangled homes, crumbling infrastructure and felled telephone poles. The ocean met the bay in up to five breach areas, forcing first responders to navigate the town in boats.
ARTBA: Roadside Ditches Not ‘Waters of the U.S.’
Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The association submitted comments Nov. 14 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) opposing a proposed regula-
To Protect Critical Infrastructure As the 2014 hurricane season rolled in, a crew of workers from Springfield, N.J.-based EIC Associates was working feverishly to reduce, if not completely
see DITCHES page 126
see PILE page 44
Snow & Ice Section ......115-117 Attachment & Parts Section ...... ......................................119-126 Auction Section ............132-145 Advertisers Index ................146
The potential delays and increased costs that would result from extending federal authority to cover roadside ditches would divert resources from timely maintenance activities and potentially threaten the role ditches play in promoting roadway safety, according to the American Road &
EIC’s production relied on RTG 21 T and RTG 19 T pile drivers with telescopic leaders.