Monday, September 22, 2014
Route 128 Bridge Reconstruction Project Update
Because additional issues that need to be addressed were discovered in
Phase 1 of repairs to the A. Piatt Andrew Bridge carrying Route 128 over the
Annisquam River, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has
developed and is implementing a Phase 2 project to address those issues. Phase 2 of the construction bid documents have
been completed, and currently MassDOT is in the process of awarding the
contract to Cianbro Corp., a construction engineering company headquartered in
Maine and that has a regional office in Georgetown, MA.
The bridge project will focus on removing and installing new structural
steel bracing between the arches; repairing the arch ribs; cleaning and
painting portions of the structural steel in the superstructure; replacing
finger joints; sealing deck deflection joints; milling and grooving the
existing deck surface; conserving the existing historic bronze doors; and
installing temporary shielding for construction.
For further details regarding the reconstruction of the A. Piatt Andrew
Bridge, please click here. Once the
webpage has loaded, utilize the drop down menu and select Gloucester, then
click on project #607338. Keep checking
back to continuing to receive bridge updates as they become available.
