Amtrak has awarded a key contract to the Flatiron/Herzog Joint Venture for the Susquehanna River Rail Bridge Replacement Plan, alongside two supporting contracts to an AECOM-led team and Fay Construction.
The Flatiron/Herzog Joint Venture has been chosen as the Construction Supervisor at Threat (CMAR) contractor for constructing two new bridges, as perfectly as the associated monitor function.
The new Susquehanna River Bridge
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In the meantime, an AECOM-led staff has been awarded a development administration deal to help the completion of the project’s final design and style and to execute building administration for the bridge construction section. This group will be fully integrated with Flatiron/Herzog.
Fay Design has also been selected to demolish and take away 10 remnant piers from an 1866 railroad bridge east of the present bridge. This perform will begin in early 2024 and will acquire position around a calendar year.
These bulletins stick to a year-very long competitive procurement process to progress the substitution of the existing 117-year-old Susquehanna River Rail Bridge.
“With the award of these contracts, we are a single phase closer to breaking ground on this very important project that will unlock a substantial bottleneck on the Northeast Corridor, reduce vacation instances and enhance trustworthiness for passenger and freight vacation throughout the northeast.
“We take pleasure in the Biden-Harris Administration and FRA for the historic funding that has enabled this venture to progress, as properly as our funding companions at Maryland Division of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA) for their assist.”
Not long ago, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced 2.08 billion USD in grant funding to help the Susquehanna River Rail Bridge Substitute Program as part of a lot more than 16.4 billion USD of federal expense across the Northeast Corridor (NEC).
The undertaking will assemble two two-track preset bridges to exchange the present two-monitor moveable bridge. It will also involve overhead electric power, sign, protection and stability system modernisation operates to increase performance on the NEC.
The Susquehanna River Rail Bridge is the longest moveable bridge on the NEC. It is utilized by Amtrak, Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) rail and Norfolk Southern, supporting a lot more than 110 passenger and freight trains each day.
At present, trains have to slow to a pace of 90 mph when crossing the bridge, which will cause potential and dependability constraints.
“The Susquehanna River Bridge is crucial to the Northeast Corridor and the Nation, and the Federal Railroad Administration is happy to see development to replace the existing 117-yr-old bridge.
“Through President Biden’s Investing in The usa agenda and with money in his Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we’re last but not least replacing and repairing ageing bridges and tunnels and modernising infrastructure of countrywide significance on America’s busiest rail corridor, and we’re advancing jobs nationwide that will assistance deliver entire world-course passenger rail to more People in america.”
Last layout operate is at this time underway for the two new bridges. Layout completion is envisioned by the end of 2024 and building is scheduled to start off in 2025.