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The Shark River Bridge is a bascule span bridge serving NJ Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line. Work at this critical and historic bridge included structural steel repairs/installation on the motor deck and extension of walkway; replacement, repair and upgrade of the bridge machinery, main drive motor, brakes, emergency standby motor, clutch, control gears, and electrical… Read more »
Constructed in 1930, the Burlington Bristol Bridge is a 2,301 ft long truss bridge with a vertical lift span utilizing large concrete counterweights. IEW Construction Group has worked intimately with various aspects of this bridge through BCBC maintenance contracts as well as capital projects. Among the areas that IEW has addressed on this bridge: repointing… Read more »
The William A. Stickel Memorial Bridge connects Interstate Route 280 between the cities of Newark and Harrison, N.J. The structure is a vertical lift drawbridge originally commissioned circa 1946. NJDOT awarded a contract to IEW Construction Group for performing structural steel rehabilitation, replacing the bridge deck, painting, bridge weighing and balancing the bridge, replacing the… Read more »
The Route 30/Absecon Boulevard Bridge is a bascule drawbridge leading into Atlantic City, NJ. This project included the replacement of the Motor Control Center, Automatic Transfer Switch Motors and Drives, installation of new rated barrier gates, interior and exterior renovation of the gate operator house and a pier column seismic retrofit with FRP wrap. IEW… Read more »
Amtrak’s 30-year, multi-billion dollar plan for high-speed rail on the 457-mile Northeast Corridor is starting to take shape and IEW Construction Group, with headquarters within view of the tracks along the Northeast Corridor is poised to help the HSRP (High Speed Rail Program) become a reality. Most recently, IEW was called upon to put in… Read more »
NJ Transit undertook the initiative to replace/repair several of their bridges on the Raritan Valley Line. The Grant Avenue rail bridge in Plainfield, NJ was a multiphased project requiring a contractor experienced and skilled in the intricacies of the work entailed. The existing bridge was remediated for lead, and then taken apart and removed in… Read more »
This bridge crosses over the Cooper River in Camden, NJ supported by masonry abutments and piers on timber piles and mats. Temporary helper bents had been installed to prevent against movement of the pier. IEW Construction Group was tasked with removing the temporary helper bents on the north pier and installing permanent bents on both… Read more »
Stone abutments and deteriorating girders necessitated the replacement of this rail bridge. Careful preparation and staging were paramount in the replacement of this bridge, which was completed in one night. The existing track and girders were removed, and a pre-fabricated superstructure and new grillages were quickly placed, secured, and readied for installation of the track…. Read more »
NJ Transit undertook the initiative to replace/repair several of their bridges on the Raritan Valley Line. The Clinton & Plainfield Avenue railroad bridges were in close proximity to each other and similar in scope. IEW Construction undertook these two bridges under the same contract. Like the other NJ Transit Bridges IEW did at this time,… Read more »
Due to the ground conditions as well as the weight of the rail traffic traversing this bridge, the construction for this structure was quite substantial. Sheet piles were driven, as well as concrete filled pipe piles. Prestressed deck panels were placed, and an asphalt pavement overlay finished off this project.