Public Information Transcripts - Whittier Bridge/I-95 Improvement ...

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structure like this.
Also, the highway geometry, it only has
three lanes. The breakdown shoulders, there’s no
high-speed shoulder. It doesn’t meet current codes.
And, also, the highway itself between
Exit 57 up through 59, which is where 495 is, is only
three lanes where the rest of the highway was built at
a later date and has the four-lane capacity. The
elements from 57 to 59 basically have been waiting for
replacement of the bridge. And you don’t take a
bridge out of service earlier than you need to, but
now has come the time for that.
It is part of the state’s Accelerated
Bridge Program. It is a $3 billion commitment over
eight years to basically remove -- either repair or
remove from service current bridges which are on the -
- known as the Red List, which are the structurally
deficient bridges within the state, and also to
prevent additional bridges from becoming classified as
structurally deficient.
A little graphic running from
Newburyport, Exit 57, up to our project limit, which
is up to Exit 60. Basically, these get into the
primary design issues.
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