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Project Schedule/Highlights


Project Schedule

  • Physical work on the bridge began on September 7, 2007, working out from the Rockland County shore.
  • The project is 99% complete. The only remaining work includes one joint on the main span along with various punch list items of work.
  • It is anticipated that the contractor will be off the top of the bridge in the Winter of 2010. All punch list items will be completed in the Spring of 2010.

Project Highlights

  • Twenty-two percent (22%) of the deck was replaced under previous contracts. This project replaced an additional 40 percent of the deck, focusing on the most critical areas including the lanes that bear the most truck traffic.
  • Seven finger joints were replaced with modular joints on the west deck truss and three older modular joints were replaced with newer modular joints on the main span.
  • Since the start of construction (September 2007), a total of 1092 new deck panels were installed, including 288 on the main span of the bridge, 140 on the west deck truss and 664 on the western causeway.
  • Four of seven lanes were replaced by using a prefabricated superstructure system to speed construction and reduce impact to customers.
  • Deck replacement materials are being manufactured off-site, improving quality, reducing noise on site, lowering costs and shortening the duration of the project.

Images from 2007 deck replacement project; courtesy of New York State Thruway Authority Images from 2007 deck replacement project; courtesy of New York State Thruway Authority

Images from 2007 deck replacement project; courtesy of New York State Thruway Authority