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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

WELCOME TO THE 2019 ASHE National Conference

5-Mile, $750M Belt Project, , NY

Daniel Hom, PE William Ferdinandsen, PE, ENV SP Paul Dombrowski, PE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

New York City, located in the southern portion of New York State is made up of five boroughs, , Brooklyn, , and . Introduction Within NYC, there are approximately 2,000 bridges (structures with a span of 20 feet or greater). 794 bridges are owned, maintained and operated by the Department of Transportation (NYCDOT). The five bridges are located along the scenic southern Brooklyn coastline. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

The Shore (Belt) Parkway was originally built, beginning in 1939, by the New York City Department of Parks (). History Traffic demand along the corridor has increased tremendously: • Opening of New York International Airport, (now JFK Airport) in 1948 • Development of suburban communities on post World War II • Opening of the Verrazanno-Narrows Bridge in 1964 Two-way Average Daily Traffic has increased from about 20,000 vehicles per day to about 150,000 vehicles per day. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

• 5 mile limited access corridor, running east to west • 3 in each direction

Background • 4 entrance / exit ramps within the construction limits • 5 bridges • 3 individual bridge construction projects • 1 Tidal Wetland Mitigation contract • Construction began in October 2009 • $750 million AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Project Overview Map AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

• To meet current state and federal safety and accessibility standards, such as widths, widths and protected medians Goals for this • To improve public access for all parkway Project users, including pedestrian and bicycle circulation • To preserve and retain the historic character of the parkway for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists, by enhancing and strengthening the visual cohesiveness of this linear greenspace AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Corridor Reconstruction Considerations • Maintain three (3) active lanes in eastbound and westbound directions during peak hours during construction • No traffic detours through local streets • Maintain active bicycle / pedestrian paths at all times • Maintain navigable waterways during construction • Maintain close coordination with adjacent projects • Coordinate overlapping construction limits and schedules • Incorporation of common design elements AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

• Local communities receive regular updates of project status through presentations and newsletters • Notices are issued in advance of each change Construction in project staging Mitigation Measures • Variable Message Sign (VMS) systems provide motorists with updated traffic conditions • NYPD Traffic Agents are available to monitor traffic on local streets • Program management office and staff, including a full time community liaison, are on site • Significant incentives are provided for early construction completion AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Coordination with Agencies & Stakeholders

FEDERAL STATE CITY • Federal Highway • NYS Department • NYC Department of Administration (FHWA) of Transportation Transportation (NYCDOT) (NYSDOT) • US Army Corps of Engineers • NYC Department of (USACE) • NYS Department Environmental Protection of Environmental (NYCDEP) US Coast Guard (USCG) • Conservation • NYC Department of Parks • National Marine Fisheries (NYSDEC) & Recreation (NYCDPR) Service (NMFS) • NYS Historic • NYC Public Design Commission (NYCPDC) • Gateway National Preservation Office Recreation Area (NYSHPO) • NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) (GNRA) • NYS Department of State (NYSDOS) • NYC Fire Department (FDNY) • NYC Police Department (NYPD) AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

• The program provides construction work adjacent to , which connects with Lower New York Bay to form one of the largest coastal wetland systems in New York Environmental Impacts • All bridges are located adjacent to the GNRA, a division of the National Park Services that encompasses 26,200 acres of coastal areas • The site is one of the most significant natural resources in the city's marine waters, inlets, bays and estuaries AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

• Compliance with a storm water management plan, erosion control and sediment containment measures, such as silt fencing and turbidity curtains • Implementation of Stormwater Treatment Best Management Practices (BMPs), including: • Modified drainage structures Environmental • Diversion swales and rock channels Remedy • Stormwater bio-retention basins • Native trees, grasses and plantings • Removal and treatment of contaminated or hazardous materials, including soil, groundwater, asbestos- containing materials (ACM) and lead-based paint. • Performance of on-site testing ( air monitoring, soil sampling, etc.) as necessary • Monitoring of any hydrologic changes, soil/sediment movement, existing habitat and habitat restoration areas AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Wetland Mitigation Plan AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

NYSDEC mandated tidal wetland mitigation to: • compensate for wetland losses • increase and improve the quality of habitats • expand aquatic and terrestrial wildlife habitats NYSDEC required: • single mitigation site • off site (not in the vicinity of a bridge or bridges) • on Jamaica Bay AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Floyd Bennett Field

Before

Beginning in March 2011, an approximately 2.3 acre site at was cleared of rubbish and debris AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Floyd Bennett Field

After

Converted to a thriving tidal wetland environment AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Floyd Bennett Field • Mitigation measures will allow for natural re-vegetation to occur • A 5 year minimum After monitoring period was implemented and completed with NYSDEC Wetlands Enforcement Guidance AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Fresh Creek Bridge Bridge Bridge AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1 Bridges AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1 • 3 Bridges • 2 ½ Miles Eastern End • Bid Date – April 7, 2009 (4 Bidders) • Actual Construction Duration: • October 2009 – August 2013 (Substantial Completion) • Project Completion – April 2015 • Engineer’s Estimate = $340,802,390.16 • Bid Price = $364,404,686.30 • Final Cost = $384,271,827.15 • Maximum Incentive – 428 days at $35,000/day • Total Incentive Earned = $14,980,000 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Original Bridge • Built in late 1930s Fresh • 5 steel spans Creek • 4 support piers in Basin the channel Bridge • 21-foot clearance over mean high water AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Temporary Bridge

• CIVEC / Value Engineering Proposal = $2.5 M of Shared Savings • Temporary bridge for westbound traffic on the north side of the existing bridge • Extensive permitting modifications • Eliminated a major construction stage AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Pier and abutment construction in August 2011 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Demolition of eastbound bridge and roadway AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Heated tent for concrete deck placement during cold weather in winter 2011 / 2012. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Fresh Creek Basin Bridge completed in 2013 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Original Bridge • Built in late 1930s Rockaway • 4 steel spans Parkway • 3 support piers Bridge • 13-foot clearance AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

New westbound span under construction New westbound bridge in operation

August January 2011 2012 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Construction of abutments Surface work for future for future eastbound span eastbound span

July August 2012 2012 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Abutment construction during January 2013 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Completed bridge in 2013 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Original Bridge • Built in late 1930s • 14 steel spans over Paerdegat water & land Basin • 12 support piers Bridge • 29-foot clearance over mean high water • Pier damaged by errant barge AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Cofferdam installation in winter 2011 / 2012 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Tub girder installation AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Eastbound completed in December 2011 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

Westbound completed in December 2012 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 1

New bridge completed in 2013 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Belt Parkway Fly Over AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 2 Gerritsen Inlet Bridge AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 2 Bridge AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 2 • Gerritsen Inlet Bridge • Bid Date – June 26, 2012 (6 Bidders) • Actual Construction Duration: • February 2013 – September 2017 • Stage 1 – August 2015 • Stage 2 – November 2016 • Stage 3 – September 2017 • Substantial Completion – February 2018 • Engineer’s Estimate = $133,741,066.00 • Bid Price = $104,227,629.96 • Projected Cost = $109,500,000.00 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 2

Original Bridge • Built in late 1940s • 9 steel spans over Gerritsen water & land Inlet • 2 support piers in Bridge the channel • 34-foot clearance over mean high water AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 2

Stage 1 – Embankment operations in 2014 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 2

Stage 1 – Substructure and steel installation in 2015 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Stage 2 – Demolition operations in 2016 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Stage 2 – Demolition between old and new bridges AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 2

Stage 3 – Demolition operations in 2017 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 2

Stage 3 – Substructure installation at the pier plinths and columns AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 2

Stage 3 – PCC operation AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 2

Stage 4 – Pier protection system installation AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Stage 4 – Riprap bank protection installation AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Substantial completion in February 2018 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 3

Mill Basin Bridge AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 3 Bridge AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 3 • • Bid Date – December 11, 2014 (7 Bidders) • Actual Construction Duration: • June 2015 – February 2021 • Milestone A – March 2019 • Anticipated Project Completion – Summer 2019 • Engineer’s Estimate = $277,775,450.62 • Bid Price = $263,683,736.15 • Projected Cost = $270,900,000.00 • Maximum Incentive – 365 days @ $34,000/day • Total Incentive = $12,410,000 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 3

Original Bridge • Built in late 1940s • 14 steel spans over Mill water & land Basin • Only moveable Bridge (bascule) bridge on the Belt Parkway • 25-foot clearance over mean high water AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Stage 1 in 2015 – Clearing and grubbing, establishment of erosion and sediment controls AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Stage 2 in 2016 – Start of pile operations AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 3

Stage 2 – Pile operation AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 3

Stage 2 – Pile operation AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Stage 2 in April 2016 Concrete substructures and approach embankments AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 3

July 2016 – Steel erection AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 3

Stage 2 in summer 2016 Structural steel on south approach AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Fall 2016 – Bridge deck operations AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

December 2016 Bridge deck and waterway operations AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 3

Spring 2017 Substructure operations in the waterway AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 3

Spring 2017 steel erection over the waterway AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

December 2017 All traffic shifted onto the new Mill Basin Bridge AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Spring 2018 – Old bridge in open position under demolition with new bridge on the left side AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Contract 3

Spring 2018 Demolition of old Mill Basin Bridge AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

October 2018 – Demolition of the old bridge and Completed erection of the new bridge AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

November 2018 – Bridge deck operation AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

April 2019 – Mill Basin Bridge and approach roadways in their final configuration AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

April 2019 – Aerial view of the parkway looking toward Sheepshead Bay to the west AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Sustainability – Hempstead Reef

Cut-up, reinforced concrete sections from the old Mill Basin Bridge control tower being dropped into the Atlantic Ocean, 3 miles off the Long Island Coast, to create an artificial reef AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING ASHE 2019!