News & Insights

  • February 18, 2025
I-80-sections 124, 129, 159 160

I-80, Sections 124, 129, 159, and 160

Under an open-end agreement with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 3-0, RETTEW prepared preliminary engineering, final design, and a final cost estimate within 1 percent of the bid for the...

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  • October 9, 2024
SR0443 Bridge

SR 0443 Bridge Replacement

Replacing this twin-barrel arch bridge on a heavily traveled corridor posed significant challenges because of the limited crossings of the waterway and the need to maintain traffic flow. RETTEW designed...

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  • January 24, 2024
Big Conestoga 1 Bridge

Big Conestoga #1 Bridge Replacement

RETTEW worked with Lancaster County for more than a decade to prioritize rehabilitation and replacement of their structurally deficient bridges. The Big Conestoga #1 Bridge was the last remaining bridge...

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  • February 7, 2023

Nissley Drive Bridge Replacement

RETTEW performed the design of this $3.1 million overhead bridge project carrying Nissley Drive (renamed Baker Avenue as part of the project) over the turnpike mainline. We completed an alternative...

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  • January 11, 2023

Hatchery Road Over I-476

This was the pilot bridge replacement project for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s (PTC) Bridge Information Modeling (BIM) and Digital Delivery Program, which included developing a 3D model. The existing bridge...

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  • October 27, 2022
Big Conestoga 9

Big Conestoga #9 Bridge Rehabilitation

RETTEW was selected by Lancaster County to provide bridge engineering as well as environmental and construction services for the rehabilitation and painting of Big Conestoga #9 Bridge on Rock Hill...

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  • October 27, 2022

Big Conestoga #3 Bridge Rehabilitation

As part of our Engineer of Record position with Lancaster County, RETTEW was responsible for rehabilitating this historically sensitive iron truss structure to address issues flagged in routine inspection reports....

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  • May 21, 2021

Ashmead Road Bridge Replacement

This existing 58-foot-long steel I-beam bridge in Cheltenham Township was structurally deficient and needed to be replaced because of excessive deterioration. In fact, throughout the course of designing the new...

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  • December 29, 2020

Mill Road and Horseshoe Trail Road Bridges Rehabilitation

Two small bridges in West Cocalico Township, one over Little Cocalico Creek and one over a tributary to Cocalico Creek, were deteriorating and needed repairs. Horseshoe Trail Road Bridge was...

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  • 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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