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Ravensdale Bridge Update - October 2020

Posted on: October 28, 2020 - 11:32am

UPDATE: Ravensdale Bridge - October 2020

It has been about two months now since the NYSDOT contractor ECCO III switched the Ravensdale Road traffic over to the temporary bridge seamlessly on Friday, August 14th.  Thank you all for bearing with the noise of the demolition of the existing bridge.  Except for the east embankment, the work is complete.  What made it so difficult to remove was the very hard cement mined before World War II in Upstate New York.  The concrete was not going anywhere, but the steel reinforcement was apparently not up to modern earthquake standards, and that unfortunately required its replacement. 

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The top portion of the east embankment still needs to be removed, but the rest will remain, buried under the new approaching roadway.  The South County Trailway is temporarily diverted westward around the crane:

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Just this Friday, October 24th, they finished paving the Shared Use Path to the South County Trailway and installed a new solar-powered bus stop.  

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ECCO III still needs to put in finishing touches, such as guardrails, bollards, and bridge railings.  Plantings will follow next summer.

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ECCO III is still on schedule to open the new Ravensdale Bridge to traffic next June.  The next big step in the bridge substructure is to drive the supporting piles, and they are mobilizing for this now.  There was some pile driving work this summer when they had to span the existing sewer line on the east side of the Parkway to support the temporary bridge.  This new work will start on the west abutment, and then move across the Parkway to the east abutment.  It will be intermittent, not constant, and is expected to be complete by mid-December.
 
The schedule remains unchanged or improved, and we will continue to post exact dates as milestones approach:
 
  • August: Completion of the Temporary Bridge and Traffic Lane Shift
  • October: Demolition of the Existing Bridge
  • December: Completion of the Shared Use Path to the South County Trailway
 
Next Year, 2021:
 
  • May: Completion of Bridge Substructure
  • June: Completion of Bridge Superstructure, Utilities, Roadway and Approaches & Opening of New Ravensdale Bridge to Traffic
  • August: Removal of the Temporary Bridge
  • October: Completion of Roadway Reconstruction and Landscaping
 
We will continue to update you as the project progresses, and please don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you have specific concerns. 
 
 Sincerely,
 
 
Morgen Fleisig
Trustee
 
Georgia Lopez
Trustee

 

 

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