FLAG REPAIRS AND PIN REPLACEMENT AT BRONX WHITESTONE BRIDGE, NY

Project Title and Location:

BW-87, Flag Repairs and PIN  Replacement  at the Bronx Whitestone bridge

Services:  

Construction Management and Inspection

Preliminary/Final Designs

Contract Documents

Cost Estimates

Construction Schedule

Project Completed:  2002

Client:

MTA Bridges and Tunnels                                      1 Hutchinson River Parkway Bronx , NY    10465

Reference:

David Riggs, P.E.

The Bronx Whitestone Bridge is a heavily traveled, 7,100-foot-long, suspended span bridge, connecting Bronx and Queens . Existing construction varies, and consists of a 2,300 feet main span, 555 feet side spans and approach spans on both sides.

Scope of work included structural steel repairs to the median stringers, fascia stringers, floorbeams, floorbeam brackets, concrete and asphalt removal and replacement, walkway steel painting, pin replacement at tower, maintenance and protection of traffic and miscellaneous work.  Floorbeam repairs also required full depth roadway removal to facilitate construction and replacement. 

Project Cost:   $2.215M.