MODEL BRIDGE REHABILITATION PROGRAM--HOW BRIDGE-STUDDED ALLEGHENY COUNTY DID IT

Facing a $50 million bridge emergency, the Allegheny County Planning and Works Department concluded that a two-stage approach was necessary and had to be instituted immediately. The first stage was to be completed in an intensive five-year period of massive redesign, rehabilitation and replacement. The second and permanent stage was to be a continuous maintenance effort to keep the rebult bridges in the best possible condition. The county hired a consortium of three companies to run the program and supply all the needed staffing, technical and managerial capabilities. The management consortium was assigned the county's 45 major bridges with the county itself handling the remaining 150 minor bridges. The consortium/program manager assumed total responsibility for administering, supervising and expediting its share of the program. Other independent engineering firms, primarily in Pittsburgh, did the actual inspections and designs, with construction contractors performing the bridge replacement/rehabilitation tasks. Program performance is discussed in the article.

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• Publication Date: 1983-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20-21
• Serial:
  • Better Roads
  • Volume: 53
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: James Informational Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0006-0208
  • Serial URL: http://www.betterroads.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contractors; County government; Driver rehabilitation; Highway bridges; Maintenance management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rehabilitation; Replacing
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00377854
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1983 12:00AM