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Based on a previously prepared roadway safety audit, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 8-0 requested safety enhancements at 13 locations along a 3.9-mile-long section of SR 0241’s two-lane roadway. Improvements included enhancing sight distance; updating signage, signals, and pavement markings; improving the alignment to eliminate an S-curve; and modifying an intersection to incorporate a…
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RETTEW was selected by the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) to design a parking lot and boat launch expansion project at Piedmont Lake. The goal of the project is to provide 50 parking spaces for trailers and additional regular vehicle spaces, handicap-accessible parking, restroom facilities, ADA-compliant ramps and access, bioretention areas, lighting design, and a…
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SR 0056, a four-lane limited-access highway that winds through the heart of the City of Johnstown, required rehabilitation. The project included multiple repairs to concrete and bituminous roadway, three bridges, and two retaining walls, and it needed to be completed in an aggressive timeframe. A rockslide at the north end of the project closed the…
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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 of wear and tear from exposure to the elements and heavy traffic volume. The bridge is one of the few stone masonry arch bridges in…
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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 of off-site intersection improvements to SR 4011. The client needed a detailed traffic impact study to determine the major roadway improvements that would minimize traffic…
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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 split the project into two phases. The first phase relocated an existing borough street to avoid placing heavy traffic in local neighborhoods with small intersections,…
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Engleside intersection was an unsafe, complex five-legged signalized intersection in Lancaster County. There were 13 serious accidents at this intersection within a three-year timeframe. The Township needed to improve the safety of the intersection while maintaining full access to the major water and sewer facilities that were adjacent to the intersection. RETTEW assisted the Township…
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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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The Rover Pipeline is a 711-mile transmission pipeline project that runs through portions of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, and extends 75 miles into Michigan. The mainly 42-inch pipeline will transport up to 3.25 billion cubic feet per day of domestically produced natural gas from multiple gas processing facilities to markets in the Central United…
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