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

  • 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

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