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Pennsylvania’s Rapid Bridge Replacement Public/Private Partnership (P3) project is a five-year, multimillion dollar open-end contract aimed at replacing approximately 560 bridges statewide. It is the most extensive infrastructure project in Pennsylvania and one of the largest nationwide. Because of this effort and other PennDOT investments, the number of State-maintained bridges in good condition has increased…
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission identified a number of potential safety issues along aging sections of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The safety concerns existed between Milepost A-49 and A-59 along the Northeast Extension of the Turnpike and included outdated median guide rails, worn pavement surfaces, and deteriorating bridges. RETTEW provided transportation design for the $21 million improvement…
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In northern Pennsylvania, many of the rural roads were constructed and maintained for light to moderate farm traffic. When natural gas drilling and exploration in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region hit, the roads suddenly became major thoroughfares for thousands of trucks hauling equipment and materials needed for natural gas operations, thereby causing major damage to the…
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Lancaster County cares deeply about the heritage of its covered bridges, which account for 10 percent of all of the covered bridges in the state and 1 percent of all existing covered bridges nationwide. The Siegrist’s Mill Covered Bridge sustained major damage during Tropical Storm Lee. The storm washed the bridge off its abutments, and…
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Built in 1916 as a one-lane, reinforced-concrete tied-arch structure carrying Auction Road over Big Chiques Creek in Penn and Rapho Townships, Auction Road Bridge was one of only four reinforced-concrete through-arch-style bridges remaining in the commonwealth eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. However, the historically significant structure was no longer able…
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