PA Turnpike WB-224B Superstructure Replacement

January 26, 2018Michael Kilgore

Cost: $5.48 million
Client: PA Turnpike Commission
Contact: Walter W. Wimer, P.E. (717-831-7590)
Project Letting - October 2016
This project was initially the full replacement of a bridge carrying mainline Turnpike over Brush Creek. The project modified the scope for a superstructure-only replacement project, incorporating ABC strategies. The existing superstructure is a two span non-composite adjacent box beam bridge with two lanes in each direction and relatively narrow shoulders. SPK developed final plans for a two span continuous steel superstructure which minimizes the impacts to the Turnpike traffic and utilizes the existing substructure.

This was the first ABC slide project on PTC
mainline, completed in less than 55 hours
and won the 2017 Accelerated Bridge
Construction (ABC) Annual Conference
award for best Superstructure Slide
Project in Miami, FL December 7, 2017.

categories Pennsylvania Turnpike
tags Turnpike, WB-224B, Superstructure Replacement, Sliding Bridge

PTC WB-228

September 15, 2015Michael Kilgore

Cost: $3.62 million
Client: PA Turnpike Commission
Contact: Ken Slippey, (717-939-9551x-5150)
Project Letting 2012

PTC WB-228 Bridge Replacement - This bridge replacement project carrying S.R. 0989 over the mainline PTC. The replacement structure is a two-span (177’-10 ½” overall span) precast concrete bulb-tee bridge, sized to accommodate the future widening of the PA Turnpike.

categories Pennsylvania Turnpike
tags Bridge Replacement, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Turnpike, District 11, District 11-0, Precast Concrete Bulb-tee Bridge, WB-228, Beaver

B-465A & B-465 Mileposts 197.19 & 197.20

March 19, 2015Michael Kilgore

Project Cost: $5 Million
Project Length: 0.38 Mile
Client: Pennsylvania Turnpike
Contact: Brad Updegrave, P.E., (717-939-9551 x-3675)

(Bridge Replacement) - Franklin County - This project includes the replacement of two (2) separate bridges carrying S.R. 4006 (Cold Springs Road) over the eastbound and westbound Pennsylvania Turnpike with a two-span continuous curved-steel plate girder bridge (344’ total span). The roadway was realigned to permit uninterrupted traffic on S.R. 4006 throughout construction. The project also includes high-mast lighting, drainage, temporary lighting, and traffic control provisions on the Turnpike for demolition
and erection activities. The design team included Earth, Inc.