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MTA Awards $193M Contract for Bronx Bridge

NEW YORK CITY-The four-year reconstruction project on the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge will be followed by further work on this span and the agency's other crossings.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on December 01, 2008

NEW YORK CITY-The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Monday awarded a $192.8-million contract for reconstruction on the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge connecting the Bronx to Queens and Long Island. The contractor–Conti of New York, LLC–is scheduled to start work on the four-year, three-stage project by year’s end, according to a release from MTA Bridges and Tunnels.

Over the course of the project, the entire 1,785-foot long elevated Bronx approach to the bridge will be replaced from the ground up with a completely new structure, including foundations and 15 double-arch concrete piers to support a widened roadway constructed of steel girders and concrete deck, according to the release. The new structure will be wider to provide lanes and shoulders that meet present-day width standards, although the number of travel lanes on the Bronx approach will remain the same: three in each direction.

The initial stage of the Bronx approach project involves constructing the new piers and foundations, and removing the median barrier. That work will last approximately a year-and-a-half, beginning by year’s end, according to the release.

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