The Penn Station Access Project will provide Metro-North customers with service into and out of Penn Station in New York by diverting some New Haven Line trains via Amtrak’s Hell Gate Line. The design-build project will provide for facility design and construction to allow Metro-North New Haven Line trains to go directly into Penn Station.
As a subconsultant, H&H is providing structural and geotechnical design services for the bridges over the Bronx River, Bronxdale Avenue, Eastchester Road, and Pelham Lane. At Bronx River, the two existing rolling lift bridges will remain in the fully-closed position, and the steel superstructure and masonry substructure will be rehabilitated. Next to these existing bridges, a new two-span steel through-girder bridge will be constructed on existing masonry abutments and a masonry existing pier, which will be rehabilitated. At Bronxdale Avenue and Eastchester Road, three new steel superstructures will replace the existing steel spans, and a new center pier will be built, and the existing concrete abutments will be rehabilitated with new bridge seats and tie-backs. At Pelham Lane, the existing steel structure will be replaced with a two-cell concrete box structure. All bridge structures (new and rehabilitated) will be load rated for Cooper E80 loading.
The project requires all work including the design and construction of new track work, rehabilitation and upgrade of existing drainage systems, new rail interlocking, new catenary for the new tracks and realignment of the existing catenary for existing tracks and interlocking, new stations, and replacement/rehabilitation of existing substructure and superstructure of bridges mentioned above.
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