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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  • October 31, 2018
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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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  • 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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  • April 13, 2017

Harrison County Road 51 Bridge Replacement

Closed to traffic for more than three years following an inspection that deemed it unsafe, residents and community members of German Township had to avoid the Harrison County Road 51...

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  • April 13, 2017

Auction Road Bridge Replacement

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...

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  • April 13, 2017

Chester 260 Bridge Replacement

After being deemed structurally deficient due to its age and deteriorating condition, Quimby Bridge — a concrete encased steel beam bridge built in 1915 on Pusey Mill Road over the...

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  • April 13, 2017

Eden Road Bridge Replacement

Eden Road Bridge — also known as Big Conestoga #7 — had a deteriorating bridge deck, failing abutments, cracking structure, rotation, and settlements that were all significant concerns. Since the...

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  • April 13, 2017

Hawk Falls Bridge Rehabilitation

Built in 1955, Hawk Falls Bridge (NB-610) is one of only four deck truss structures on the Pennsylvania Turnpike similar to Minnesota’s I-35W bridge, which collapsed. The bridge spans 738...

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