Provided by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission:
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The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission this week approved a construction contract for an upcoming project that will involve a series of improvements and repairs to the approach bridges, roadways, and ramps for the Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1) Toll Bridge.
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Construction activities for the multi-faceted project currently are expected to begin sometime in August and end in November. The undertaking is expected to involve 15 different work elements involving the toll bridge, the Route 1 interchanges at Pennsylvania Avenue in Morrisville and Route 29 in New Jersey, the Ferry Street intersection off Route 1 in Trenton, and 10 approach bridges and ramps.
Specific project tasks include resurfacing and restriping of the roadways, concrete roadway repairs, pavement crack resealing, bridge deck and bridge barrier seal coating, drainage work, median repairs, and bridge-joint rehabilitations.
The construction contract was awarded to Road-Con of West Chester, Pennsylvania, the lowest responsible bidder, for the not-to exceed amount of $3,324,313.40.
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Entitled the Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge Approach Roadways Improvement Project, the initiative will address a litany of conditions and issues cited in the Commission’s 2013 Annual Inspections Report and verified in follow-up field investigations by the Commission’s engineering staff and the agency’s Capital Program Management Consultant.
The various work elements in the project are part of a broader initiative that includes the approach roadways and intersections serving the nearby Lower Trenton (“Trenton Makes”) Toll-Supported Bridge. Since the amount of work in the broader undertaking grew exponentially after last winter’s harsh weather, it was decided to break the project into two separate construction contracts. Hence, the work at the Lower Trenton Bridge’s approaches will be part of a separate contract to be bid next spring with work taking place during the 2015 construction season.
