DOT picks Vollmer Associates to run Grand Central Parkway deck project.Vollmer Associates has been selected by the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State Department of Transportation to design a deck replacement project on a Grand Central Parkway The Grand Central Parkway is a parkway that stretches from the Triborough Bridge in New York City to Nassau County on Long Island. At the Queens-Nassau border, it becomes the Northern State Parkway, which runs across the northern part of Long Island through Nassau County and into bridge viaduct viaduct (vī`ədŭkt') [Lat.,=road conveyor], type of bridge for carrying a highway or railroad over a valley, over low ground, or over a road. in Queens, NY. The project involves the deck replacement, including superstructure superstructure /su·per·struc·ture/ (soo´per-struk?chur) the overlying or visible portion of a structure. su·per·struc·ture n. A structure above the surface. rehabilitation, of the Grand Central Parkway bridge over Winchester Boulevard and the Cross Island Parkway Cross Island Parkway, also known as the 100th Infantry Division Parkway, is a parkway within New York State. The parkway is a part of the Belt Parkway system that runs along the perimeter of the borough of Queens in New York City. The Cross Island Parkway runs 10. . The viaduct consists of a 15-span rolled steel stringer superstructure with an eight-inch reinforced monolithic concrete deck. Two concrete abutments and 14 concrete piers make up the substructure substructure /sub·struc·ture/ (-struk-chur) the underlying or supporting portion of an organ or appliance; that portion of an implant denture embedded in the tissues of the jaw. sub·struc·ture n. . The bridge is approximately 1907-feet long and 141-feet wide. Vollmer is responsible for developing design approval documents, including preliminary bridge plans and cost estimates for replacement of the concrete deck slab and approach slabs, repairs to the structural steel and replacement of bridge bearings and expansion joints. Preliminary horizontal and vertical alignments and maintenance and protection of traffic plans will be provided as well. Vollmer Associates, consistently ranked among the nation's top design firms, provides engineering, architecture and planning, landscape architecture and survey services from 23 offices throughout the northeast. A multidisciplinary staff of over 650 performs assignments for both public and private clients ranging from property surveys and site designs for commercial developments, parks and municipal facilities to engineering design and construction supervision for complex highway projects. Vollmer Associates' highly qualified staff of in-house engineers, planners and architects provides comprehensive services to today's multifaceted projects. |
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