• Colonial Road Design/Build Improvement Project

    Colonial Road Design/Build Improvement Project

    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

    Gallery

    Men working on cement job site
    railroad track
    aerial view of equipment and materials at job site
    Man welding a structure
    aerial view of track being constructed
    view of gravel by train track
    crane working on bridge
    view of bridge with railroad track underneath
    Railroad Construction Company banner on bridge
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