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Admin Login. Charles St. James St. Landry St. Martin St. Mary St. Clair St. Of those three options, the one with the least impact on drivers and local communities was the third. And in , the decision was made to repair the Williamsburg Bridge while keeping it open.
Over the course of those two years, NYCDOT completely reconstructed the Manhattan and Brooklyn south approach foundations, piers, columns and roadways and replaced the existing concrete and steel Main Span deck with a specially designed orthrotropic roadway deck. The new roadway deck is stronger and lighter than the original deck and with proper maintenance, is expected to have a longer life span than the original.
The major portion of the South Roadways reconstruction began on July 8, , when all four Brooklyn-bound lanes were closed. At that time, all traffic was shifted to the four North Roadway lanes. Contract 5 represented a landmark achievement because DOT: maintained a smooth traffic flow between Manhattan and Brooklyn throughout reconstruction and reopened the South Outer Roadways to traffic 9 months ahead of schedule.
The South Outer Roadways were reopened in August , after only 14 months of construction. Over the course of the next 4 months, the contractor replaced and rebuilt the transit structure including: Brooklyn and Manhattan transit approaches; main bridge transit stringers and hangers; center portion floor beam; subway tracks and all subway signal, communication and traction power systems from the transit approach in Brooklyn to the transit approach in Manhattan.
Rebuilding the transit structure was a delicate and complicated operation. Unlike roadways, subway structures cannot be built in segments. Signal systems, tracks, communication and traction power systems need to function simultaneously; together these elements allow the subway trains to run; individually, they are useless. Therefore, the contractor had to construct and test the system at the same time. This meant suspending subway service for five months in During those five months, the contractor worked seven days a week and used multiple shifts and was able to restore subway service one month ahead of schedule.
Work on the North Outer Roadway of the Williamsburg Bridge was finished almost two months ahead of schedule and was reopened to commercial and passenger vehicles on December 10, Work on the North Inner Roadway was completed 50 days ahead of schedule and was reopened on June 10, Additionally, the North Footwalk was fully reopened to pedestrians and bicyclists on December 12, It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
Brooklyn Life. March 11, March 14, By jbw 0 0. Who says this bridge can't be beautiful? The city stuck with the old bridge. Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published.
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