by btreiner | Feb 28, 2022 | Bridges, Cable Supported Bridges
The Zakim Bridge is part of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project and carries 10-lanes of traffic over the Charles River in Boston, MA. The bridge is unique among cable-stayed structures in several aspects. Its cable arrangement, slender inverted Y towers, and a two-lane...
by btreiner | Oct 6, 2021 | Project Management, Tunnels & Underground Construction
The Port of Miami Tunnel Project is the first P3 project in the U.S., completed in 2010 at the cost of $700 million. The new tunnel provided a direct link needed to alleviate the traffic congestion caused by I-95 traffic having to go through the City of Miami to...
by btreiner | Oct 6, 2021 | Geotechnical, Underground Parking Garages
Post Office Square Parking Garage is an award-winning design of a 1,400-car, seven-level, underground structure in the heart of Boston’s financial district. Construction of the garage employed the top-down method and required extensive monitoring of the...
by btreiner | Oct 6, 2021 | Bridges, Short to Medium Span Bridges
Reliance, as part of a previous GEC assignment for the City of Boston Department of Public Works (DPW), developed the accelerated bridge replacement methodology as a part of a long-term sustainability study for this aging, 3,500-ft long critical link from the mainland...
by btreiner | Oct 6, 2021 | Bridges, Movable Bridges
Chelsea Street Bridge is a 450-ft span 225-ft tall Vertical Lift Bridge. The bridge replaced the previous structurally deficient, functionally obsolete, through truss drawbridge at this location which accommodated only a 95-ft channel clearance which was barely...
