Another OC Bridges grade crossing moves to the completed column
The $64-million Sand Canyon Undercrossing Project in Irving, Calif., part of Orange County Transportation Authority’s (OCTA) OC Bridges program, is now open.
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OCTA begins construction of final three grade separations in O.C. Bridges program
Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) officials and city leaders from Fullerton, Placentia and Anaheim, Calif., marked the start of construction on the final three projects in the O.C. Bridges program with a groundbreaking ceremony May 9.
OTCA opens first grade separation project in OC Bridges program
Orange County Transportation Authority (OTCA) has opened the first grade separation project of seven in its OC Bridges program and has opened Placentia Avenue to traffic where BNSF now crosses over the road.
Site clearing work begins on Caltrain’s San Mateo Bridges Replacement Project
In the San Francisco area, a vegetation removal crew has started initial site clearing work along four Caltrain crossings as part of its San Mateo Bridge Replacement Project.
MBTA awards contract to repair Merrimack River bridges
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) awarded a $24-million contract to repair and rehabilitate three bridges spanning the Merrimack River in Haverhill to JV: LM Heavy Civil Construction and Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti – CMC di Ravenna. The bridge work will allow the MBTA to continue to operate safe and reliable passenger rail service on the Haverhill Line.
Caltrain reaches out community regarding San Mateo Bridges Replacement Project
California’s Caltrain is holding a community meeting to discuss the upcoming bridge replacement project planned for the city of San Mateo. The meeting will be held at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center on May 2.
Suspension bridges: Concepts and various innovative techniques of structural evaluation
A greater utilization of advanced NDT methods can help spot potential problems in suspension bridges.
Acrow Bridge and Structal-Bridges sign joint marketing and sales agreement
Acrow Bridge, an international bridge engineering and supply company, signed an agreement with Canadian steel bridge manufacturer, Structal-Bridges. Under the agreement, the companies will jointly market their solutions in temporary and permanent modular steel bridging.
Metro-North begins work on two Mount Vernon bridges
Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Metro-North Railroad is refurbishing two bridges in Mount Vernon, N.Y., this summer, one that carries cars over train tracks and one that carries train tracks over cars.
Gannett Fleming responds to increased federal oversight of railroad bridges
In order to ensure the safety of more than 100,000 bridges throughout the U.S., the Federal Railroad Administration announced a Final Rule in 2010 under the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 that will further strengthen the federal oversight of all railroad bridge maintenance programs. Gannett Fleming says it will help clients meet these federal requirements.
Gannett Fleming’s bridge staff has inspected more than 600 railroad bridges across the U.S. since 1965, according to the company, for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Amtrak, Conrail, Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, CSX Transportation and Penn Central. Many of its bridge professionals are National Bridge Inspection Standards-certified team leaders and inspectors with experience in railroad bridge design and inspection.
Gannett Fleming says it has performed element-level inspections of thousands of bridges throughout the U.S., and has experience in highway and railroad bridge analysis, design and rehabilitation.
The firm developed the National Tunnel Management System for the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. It also developed the Structure Data Management System.
North Carolina Railroad Company rehabbing three bridges
Construction is wrapping up and kicking off to improve three railroad bridges in eastern North Carolina, all part of ongoing capital investment by the North Carolina Railroad Company. The repairs in New Bern and replacements in Kinston are being undertaken in partnership between NCRR and Norfolk Southern Railway Company.
"Agricultural, chemical, and fuel business continues to grow in the east," said Scott Saylor, NCRR president. "We continue to invest in capital projects that will improve rail service for existing customers, attract new industries to create jobs, enhance the rail infrastructure and continue to serve our military bases. Our joint capital investments with Norfolk Southern foster economic growth along our rail line."
The Kinston-based project, which is nearing completion, will rebuild two wooden trestle bridges over the Neuse River in Lenoir County and is a 50/50 cost share with Norfolk Southern Railway, totaling $8 million. In New Bern, repairs will soon start on the Trent River Bridge to encase steel piles, corroded by saltwater for more than 30 years in concrete. NCRR will invest $1.5 million in the project, also a 50/50 cost share with Norfolk Southern.
"Preserving and improving infrastructure like rail bridges and trestles helps maintain or increase train speed and weight capacities," said Saylor. "Our investment of railroad revenues into capital projects keeps rail service safe, reliable and efficient. That’s good for keeping businesses in our state and attracting new ones, at no cost to taxpayers."
The North Carolina Railroad Company owns and manages the 317-mile rail corridor extending from the Morehead City Port to Charlotte. The railroad carries 50-60 freight trains and ten passenger trains daily. NCRR is the oldest private company in the state and remains at the forefront of rail improvements and partnership development to promote jobs and rail-served industry across the state. It touches nearly a quarter of the state’s economy.
CSX warned: Fix bridges
CSX Transportation needs to
clean up its act when it comes to crumbling railroad bridges, U.S. Sen. Sherrod
Brown told the Lorain, Ohio, Morning Tribune. Citing debris falling from Lorain’s
28th Street underpass, Brown wrote to CSXT Chief Executive Officer Michael
Ward. He encouraged swift action to ensure falling concrete, wood and screws
don’t harm pedestrians or the drivers of cars and trucks going under the
railroad bridges.
Pullman, Wash., railroad bridges require work before use
The train that ran on the
railway between Pullman and Colfax, Wash., on the morning of Sept. 2 may have
been the last, The Daily Evergreen reports.
Illinois Commerce Commission approves bridges, crossing upgrades
The Illinois Commerce
Commission has given approval for the removal and replacement of a bridge over
the Rock River and the Illinois Railway tracks at Morgan Street in Rockford. The
existing bridge was constructed in 1916 and carries Morgan Street over the Rock
River and the Illinois Railway tracks. The structure was reconstructed in 1956,
but a bridge condition report issued in 2000 recommended total replacement. Included in the proposal submitted to
the Commission by the City of Rockford were plans to consolidate the Illinois
Railway tracks with the Chicago, Central and Pacific Railroad line near the
bridge project in order to improve safety and reduce costs to the railroads. The
rail consolidation plan will also allow for the retirement of the Illinois
Railway Bridge across the Rock River upstream from the Morgan Street Bridge.
STB official says CN has to abide by 2008 EJ&E bridges decision
The chairman of the
Surface Transportation Board said Canadian National Railway will have to stick
to the terms of his agency’s original decision on its acquisition of the
EJ&E Railway, including funding a rail overpass in Lynwood, Ill., Northwest
Indiana Times reports.
Benton City railroad bridges to be finished May 20
Crews were working
through the night to finish two railroad bridges in Benton City, Wash., by 6
a.m. May 20, the Bellingham Herald reports. Construction of the BNSF ballast-deck
bridges with concrete girders started early May 19. Both are 121 feet long and
will allow traffic to pass under the railroad tracks.
Dulles Metrorail building bridges for rails in Tysons Corner, Va.
Construction will begin
soon on what can best be described as "bridges" over Tysons. One will
begin in May on the Dulles Connector Road (Route 267) and cross over Route 123
to the northwest side of southbound Route 123. Another will cross I-495.
Another will be built in the median of Route 7 from just west of Route 123 and
into the median of the Dulles Airport Access Highway and the Dulles Toll Road.
Construction of LIRR Powell Creek, Hog Island Channel bridges continues
Buses will replace train
service for Long Island Rail Road customers traveling between Long Beach and
Valley Stream the weekend of March 20-21 as work continues on the construction
of two new railroad bridges over Powell Creek and Hog Island Channel.
Construction continues on new LIRR Bridges
Buses will replace train
service for Long Island Rail Road customers traveling between Long Beach and
Valley Stream, N.Y., the weekend of March 6-7 as work continues on the
construction of two new railroad bridges over Powell Creek and Hog Island
Channel. The shutdown of train service on this upcoming weekend was added to
the LIRR’s original construction schedule because recent snowstorms have
impeded work on previous weekends. The railroad’s goal is to complete the
installation of both bridges before Memorial Day.
Axion begins construction on railroad bridges made from recycled plastic
Axion
International Holdings, Inc., a next-generation technology company utilizing
recycled plastic for high-load industrial products, said that demolition has
begun of the current structures at the Ft. Eustis Army Transportation Corp.
military base in Virginia in order to replace those spans with two new railroad
bridges made almost entirely from Axion’s 100-percent recycled plastic
structural products.