Colonial Road Design/Build Improvement Project
Location: LONG ISLAND, NY
Client: Metropolitan Transportation Authority-Long Island Rail Road
Contract Value: $25 million
Project Dates: 2022
SUMMARY
- Replaced 120 year old 120’ long steel truss bridge with 324’ long precast concrete bridge
- Extended and realigned roadway traveling over bridge
- Constructed new twelve car pocket track
- Constructed 1,600 LF of new retaining walls
- Installed drainage upgrades including 2,400 LF of below-grade HDPE piping
- Performed sitework
- Received the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Metropolitan Section 2017 Design/Build Project of the Year Award for recognition of excellence in the successful completion of a major design/build project
WHAT MADE THIS JOB COMPLEX
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Accelerated timeframe with road closure limited to one year
- Restrictions on power shutdowns by PSEG Long Island
- All work to be performed around the train schedule with only limited outages permitted
- Job site in a confined space of a suburban neighborhood causing logistical problems for delivery and staging
PROJECT OVERVIEW