PennDOT Receives Two Project-of-the-Year Awards from Delaware Valley Section of American Society of Highway Engineers

PennDOT Receives Two Project-of-the-Year Awards from Delaware Valley
Section of American Society of Highway Engineers

6/21/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation today announced that it
received
two 2015 Project-of-the-Year awards from the Delaware Valley Section of the

American Society of Highway Engineers for the replacement of three bridges
on
Interstate 95 in Philadelphia and for the construction of the new Route 213

(West Maple Avenue) bridge and roundabout in Middletown and Lower
Southampton
townships, Bucks County.

"We are delighted to receive these two distinguished awards because they
recognize the quality of these infrastructure improvements and the
tremendous
effort that went into their planning, design and eventual construction,"
said
PennDOT District Executive Kenneth M. McClain.

PennDOT's $42.9 million project to rebuild 1,200 feet of I-95 south of the
Girard Avenue Interchange and replace the interstate bridges over
Shackamaxon
Street, Marlborough Street and Columbia Avenue won the project award for
the
$10 million and over category. This infrastructure improvement, one of a
series
of contracts to rebuild I-95 from Race Street to just south of Allegheny
Avenue, included five retaining walls to support embankments, plus sound
walls
with clear acrylic panels on top, landscaping, storm-water management
devices,
and LED pedestrian, street and underpass lighting to blend the interstate
into
the surrounding neighborhood. Construction began in fall 2012 and finished
in
December 2015. The project was financed with 90 percent federal and 10
percent
state funds.

Joining PennDOT in the receipt of this honor were the project designer,
AECOM
of Conshohocken, Montgomery County, and the contractor, James J. Anderson
Construction Company, Inc. of Philadelphia.

PennDOT's construction of the new Route 213 (West Maple Avenue) bridge over

Neshaminy Creek and roundabout at the intersection of Route 213 (West Maple

Avenue) and Bridgetown Pike received the project award for the $10 million
and
under category. In 2014, PennDOT removed the former structurally deficient
bridge and replaced it with the new three-span arch structure. The new
bridge,
which opened last November, is 226 feet long, 31 feet wide, and adorned
with
aesthetic treatments to resemble the former arch bridge. The transportation

improvement plan included the construction of the nearby roundabout to
improve
travel and safety at this busy intersection near the new bridge. The
roundabout
opened in June 2015. The $7.8 million project was financed with 100 percent

state funds from Act 89, Pennsylvania's transportation plan.

Also recognized for the Route 213 (West Maple Avenue) improvements were the

project designer, Michael Baker International, Inc. of Horsham, Montgomery
County, and the contractor, Buckley and Company, Inc. of Philadelphia.

The American Society of Highway Engineers is an organization that provides
a
forum for members and partners of the highway industry to promote a safe,
efficient and sustainable highway system through education, innovation and
fellowship.

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