News & Insights

  • February 28, 2020

SR 2047 Flaugherty Creek Bridge Rehabilitation

The SR 2047 (U.S. 219 Business) Bridge over Flaugherty Creek is a stone masonry arch bridge listed on Pennsylvania’s Historic Bridge Inventory, and was deemed structurally deficient after 100 years...

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  • October 29, 2019

South Middleton Township Bridge Asset Management Program

Under National Bridge Inspection Standards, only bridges with spans greater than 20 feet are required to be inspected every two years. When South Middleton Township suspected an issue with a...

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  • April 9, 2019

PennDOT Publication 783 – Environmental Permitting Handbook

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) needed their guidelines for preparing waterway and environmental permits organized efficiently to improve the permitting process. In addition, guidelines for preparing earth disturbance and...

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  • November 1, 2018
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Allegheny River Bridge Wetland Mitigation Monitoring

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) replaced the Allegheny River Bridge as part of a roadway reconstruction project. To comply with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and Pennsylvania Department of...

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  • October 31, 2018
Pequea #5 Bridge

Pequea #5 Bridge

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) identified the existing three-span Pequea #5 Bridge as structurally deficient, so Lancaster County set out to replace it and concurrently address other important public...

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  • October 29, 2018
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North Locust Street Bridge Replacement

The existing two-span, 37-foot-long North Locust Street Bridge over Santo Domingo Creek carried 2,400 vehicles per day through Lititz Borough but was structurally deficient due to scour and poor pier...

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  • May 25, 2017

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission 5-Mile Resurfacing

Under an open-end work order for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RETTEW provided preliminary design and final engineering services for a resurfacing project along the Northeast Extension. The project required field...

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  • April 13, 2017

SR 4011 Fruitville Pike Highway Widening and Signalization Project

In order to complete a new 500,000-SF retail development along the primary east-west highway serving this region, Manheim Township and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) required an extensive analysis...

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  • April 13, 2017

West College Avenue Improvements

College Avenue in Elizabethtown Borough was in need of more efficient transportation infrastructure to decrease traffic congestion and hazards as well as improve traffic flow. To accomplish this goal, RETTEW...

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  • April 13, 2017

Newville Road Bridge Replacement

West Donegal Township closed Newville Road Bridge in the 1990s because of excessive corrosion in its asphalt-filled metal deck pans. After receiving federal funding administered through the Pennsylvania Department of...

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