S5 - Hulmeville Road Bridge Replacement

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Project Description

The existing bridge carrying Hulmeville Road over the PA Turnpike Mainline is being replaced in order to accommodate the future widening for the I-95/I-276 Interchange Project. The project involves the removal of an existing 3-span steel girder bridge, which will be replaced with a 2-span precast concrete beam bridge. The new bridge will consist of two 12-foot lanes with 8-foot shoulders, a 12-foot left turning lane and 5-foot wide sidewalk adjacent to the southbound lanes. The project also involves various utility installations across the bridge, drainage modifications, a new signalized intersection and bituminous paving of the bridge approaches.

The bridge will be built in two stages so that traffic can be maintained in each direction during construction. In order to maintain traffic in both directions the existing left turn lane from southbound Hulmeville Road onto Gibson Road will not be permitted during the new bridge construction.

Project Schedule

The Notice To Proceed was August 2016. The duration of the project is over two and half (2 ½) years with construction completing by May 2019.

Detour

Details on partial detour.

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August 2018

• Continued forming and pouring bridge parapets for east half of Hulmeville Rd bridge over I-276.
• Installed signal masts and heads for final alignment along Hulmeville Rd.
• Continued milling and paving Hulmeville and Gibson Roads.
• Installed guiderail at bridge approaches.
• Continued installing drainage pipe and infiltration trench.
• Shifted traffic to east half and constructed interior concrete barrier.
• Installed guiderail along Hulmeville Road.
• Continued the removal of existing median glare screen and replacement with new median glare screen along I-276.
• Paved I-276 median at Pier.
• Applied architectural staining and coating on bridge parapet.
• Excavated and graded slope under bridge adjacent to eastbound/westbound I-276.
• Fully opened new bridge and removed Gibson Road detour.

July 2018

• Began forming and pouring bridge parapets for east half of Hulmeville Rd bridge over I-276.
• Started installing signal masts and heads.
• Milled and paved Hulmeville and Gibson Roads.
• Installed guiderail.
• Installed drainage pipe and infiltration trench.
• Shifted traffic to east half and constructed interior concrete barrier.
• Removed existing median glare screen and replaced with new median glare screen along I-276.
• Applied architectural staining at Pier.

June 2018

• Installed 20” welded carrier casing and conveyed through casing via hanger system.
• Installed 16” welded water main inside carrier casing.
• Poured thrust block over carrier casing under approach slab.
• Continued installing deck reinforcement steel for northbound Hulmeville Road Bridge.
• Poured the south half of Hulmeville Road Bridge.
• Formed and poured sleeper/approach slabs.
• Constructed signal foundation and installed signal conduit under approach slab.
• Paved bituminous courses along I-276 median.
• Applied epoxy paint at median pier.

April/May 2018

• Began forming and pouring south and north abutment walls and wingwalls.
• Started forming and pouring median pier column and cap.
• Erected precast box beams for northbound Hulmeville Road Bridge.
• Finished constructing the intermediate and continuity diaphragms for northbound Hulmeville Road Bridge.
• Started stone backfilling of Abutment No. 1 Wall.
• Installed hanger system for supporting water main under bridge.
• Installed 20” welded carrier casing and conveyed through casing via hanger system.
• Installed 16” welded water main inside carrier casing.
• Installing deck reinforcement steel for northbound Hulmeville Road Bridge.

March 2018

• Began forming and pouring south and north abutment foundations.
• Started forming and pouring median pier foundation.
• Began forming and pouring south and north abutment walls.
• Started forming and pouring median pier stem and cap.

February 2018

• Continued excavating new bridge foundation.
• Began driving piles at abutment foundations.
• Started building abutment footings.

January 2018

• Switched traffic to the new north bridge.
• Removed existing steel girders from south side of bridge.
• Sawcut/demolished existing south abutments and piers.
• Began excavating new bridge foundation.

December 2017

• Started clearing for Stage 3 south half of Hulmeville Road bridge.
• Demolished existing south half of Hulmeville Road bridge deck and parapet.
• Removed transite conduit from existing bridge.
• Removed Stage 2 traffic control measure.

October/November 2017

• Began placement of concrete deck and parapet for the Stage 2 north half of the Hulmeville Road bridge over I-276.
• Placed subbase and paved Stage 2 north half of Hulmeville Road Bridge.
• Installed guiderail adjacent to Stage 2 north half of Hulmeville Road
• Installed BMP amended soil location.
• Utility companies PECO and VERIZON connected/spliced circuits in new conduit.
• Switched traffic to the new north half of Hulmeville Road Bridge.

August/September 2017

• Erected precast box beams for Hulmeville Road bridge over I-276.
• Began deck construction (stay-in-place forms, overhangs) for Hulmeville Road bridge over I-276.
• Installed utility hanger support system between beams.
• Installed reinforced steel in bridge deck for Hulmeville Road bridge over I-276.
• Formed and poured bridge diaphragms for Hulmeville Road bridge over I-276.
• Utility companies extended electrical conduits to manhole.

June/July 2017

• Demolished/excavated the North Abutment.
• Started driving piles for the North and South Abutment foundations.
• Constructed North and South Abutment walls.
• Excavated, formed, and poured Median pier foundation.

May 2017

• Placed temporary concrete barrier and shift traffic on eastbound/westbound I-276.
• Installed support of excavation soldier piles and lagging at the North Abutment.
• Started demolition/excavation of the North Abutment.

April 2017

• Continued reconstructing bituminous shoulder of the eastbound and westbound lanes of I-276.
• Demolished existing westbound concrete deck and parapet.
• Removed existing girders from westbound during weekend shutdown of I-276.

March 2017

• Started reconstructing bituminous shoulder of the eastbound and westbound lanes of I-276.
• Implemented traffic control, existing traffic shifted to eastbound lanes of Hulmeville Road.
• Began traffic signal modification for left turn detour.
• Prepared for demolishing existing westbound concrete deck.