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CSX Bridge Replacement at Tanyard Creek

The substructure replacement of the CSX bridge over Tanyard Creek consisted of installing eight steel pipe pile foundations with rock sockets, four precast bent caps, and two retaining walls. To reach the bridge location, the project team constructed site access through the middle of a crowded City of Atlanta park.

Galveston Causeway Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge

This joint venture project consisted of erecting the new Galveston Causeway Railroad Bridge and constructing an 800-foot-long tunnel under Galveston Bay to carry new water lines. The bridge is a 382-foot main lift span that rises 80 feet to allow Intercoastal waterway traffic on Galveston Bay to pass under the…

CSX Bayou Sara Swing Span Replacement

This accelerated bridge construction project included replacing a 100-year-old railroad swing span bridge on Bayou Sara, just off the Mobile River, to minimize maintenance and allow for remote operation. Accessible only by boat or train, the Bayou Sara Bridge Span in Mobile, Alabama, is exactly where the name suggests: the…

CSX Elvira Railroad Bridge Replacement

This accelerated bridge construction project included replacing the existing 182-foot pin truss main span over the Cahaba River and the two 80-foot plate girder approach spans with three new deck plate girder spans. The scope of work included offline preassembly and erection of 1.32 million lb of structural steel, track…

I-65 Montgomery Widening and Bridges

This complex, multiphased project involved widening approximately 3.5 miles of I-65 in Montgomery, Alabama, including adding lanes from Catoma Creek Bridge to Mill Street Bridge and widening the three bridges from Mill Street to the Alabama River Bridge. Where additional lanes were added, demolition and reconstruction of eight existing bridge…

I-65 Emergency Bridge Replacement

When a tanker truck loaded with fuel crashed into and burned a bridge on Interstate 65 in Birmingham, this emergency bridge replacement was vital. This project consisted of construction of a 290-linear-foot, three-span bridge on concrete prestressed girders and the roadwork approaches to tie the new bridge into the existing…

Windy Ridge Parkway Bridge over I-75/I-285

This project consisted of widening the existing four-lane Windy Ridge Parkway Bridge to provide pedestrian access across I-75 and I-285 to Truist Park. The bridge was constructed in 1997 and is designed for 20-ton HS truck loads and/or military loading. Crossing 14 lanes of high-density interstate traffic, the 550-foot-long bridge…

Highway 150 Bridge Replacement Over Shades Creek and CSX

Brasfield & Gorrie was selected for a bridge replacement and widening of SR-150 (Highway 150/John Hawkins Pkwy). The project widened nearly one mile of existing roadway, from two lanes to five lanes and replaced the two existing bridges with one bridge. Spanning across two CSX rail lines and Shades Creek,…

I-59/20 Widening Skyland to McFarland Boulevard

This three-phase project widened 4 miles of I-59/I-20 and replaced and widened bridges over Skyland Boulevard and McFarland Boulevard. The McFarland Boulevard bridge is a 255-foot suspended arch bridge; the Skyland Boulevard bridge is a 350-foot four-span bridge. A new single-point urban interchange at McFarland Boulevard combined two intersections into…

Second Avenue Railroad Overpass

Located within walking distance of the University of Alabama’s campus, this project includes a bridge that will be built over railroad tracks and will connect Second Avenue to Lancaster Road. The new overpass will also feature wide paths for pedestrian and bicycle traffic. The 751-foot, eight-span bridge will cross over…