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Baker Awarded Contract to Perform Roadway Design Around New Pittsburgh Sports Facilities.


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PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2000

Michael Baker Michael Baker can refer to:
  • Michael A. Baker, a NASA astronaut
  • Michael Baker Corporation, an engineering and energy firm
 Jr., Inc., has been selected for a $2.9 million contract by the Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County for design services to reconfigure the roadways around PNC Park and the new Steelers' Stadium currently under construction on the North Side of Pittsburgh. Michael Baker Jr., Inc., is a unit of Michael Baker Corporation Michael Baker Corporation is an engineering and energy management corporation headquartered in the Pittsburgh suburb of Moon Township, Pennsylvania. Its headquarters is located in Airside Business Park, an office park near the Pittsburgh International Airport that the company  (AMEX AMEX

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The contract calls for Baker to design new roadways and upgrade existing roadways, on three sides of the new Steelers' Stadium as well as roadways on two sides of the Pirates' new PNC Park. In addition, West General Robinson Street will be extended through the site where Three Rivers Stadium     [  currently stands. Baker's responsibilities include: street design, utility design, right-of-way procedures and design of a new pedestrian underpass at North Shore Drive from Riverfront Park to the new Steelers' Stadium.

"This is an exciting time in Pittsburgh. The development of new stadiums is quickly changing the face of the North Side and helping lead a new wave of economic development in the city," John C. Hayward, executive vice president-transportation, said. "We are pleased to be assisting the Sports & Exhibition Authority with this design assignment which will improve the vitality of downtown Pittsburgh."

Michael Baker Corporation (www.mbakercorp.com) provides engineering, management and operations services through its five business units: buildings, civil, energy, environmental, and transportation.

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