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Bayonne Bridge - Skanska Koch

  • Bayonne Bridge
  • Bayonne Bridge
  • Bayonne Bridge

Skanska Koch is a member of a joint venture that has been awarded a $743.3 million contract as part of the Port Authority’s $1.29 billion bridge construction program to increase the navigational clearance of the Bayonne Bridge. The project will raise the deck by 64 feet and provide drivers with a new, modern roadway with safer 12-foot lanes, shoulders, a median divider and a 12foot bike and pedestrian walkway. It also will provide the capability for future mass transit options across the span.

Major Facets:

  • New suspended span roadway
  • New concrete approach piers, new approach structure and approach roadways
  • Construction of new approach abutments
  • Construction of specialized foundations including drilled shafts and micro-piles
  • Demolition of existing approach
  • Roadway and approach piers
  • Demolition of existing suspended span roadway
  • On grade roadway construction, including curbs, carriers, asphalt paving and furnishing and installation of traffic control devices
  • Lead abatement and repainting of portions of the arch structure, as well as lead and incidental asbestos abatement required for demolition activities
  • Relocation of utilities such as sign structures, conduits, light poles, cameras, etc.

Design, installation and maintenance of temporary work

Facts

Service: Construction
Mark segment: Bridges
Start date: 2013
Completion date: 2017
Clients: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Country: United States
City: New York
Project status: Completed