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REPAIRS TO A SCHERZERROLLING LIFT BRIDGEClient:Designers:Contractors:AMTRAKHARDESTY & HANOVER, LLPCIANBRO CORPORATIONPrepared by:Stephen A. Mikucki, P.E.Hardesty & Hanover, LLP1501 BroadwayNew York, New York 10036
IPROJECT BACKGROUNDI A - Bridge Specifications -The Rolling Lift Bridge over the Connecticut hver in Old Saybrook, Connecticut is a twotrack rail structure built in 1907 as a part of the Northeast Corridor, and is still the busiest railcorridor in the country. ( See Figure 1 ) It was designed in 1905 for the Shore Line Division of theNYNH & H.R.R. Co. by the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago and bears manytrademarks of its type. The structure is now owned and operated by AMTRAK and heavily used forboth passenger and freight rail traffic The span is 16 1 feet, providing a 137.5 feet navigable channelwhen raised.- ..L. . v. .?.............. . . .SPAN IN OPEN.... ... /" p o s ~ r r o ~. .". ' .. .I.-,'Ḷ :, ' '---.. . . ........S. "1. 4-' ................) .................i ,.-OPERITING FAZHI$E?,Yi :. ..$9 UXI'1ViOPENING ,I : I:SEMEW? GiRDEiiTXUD PUTESI ; ] . .- 48 I: , ---cl -1 4-16:' a' ~49.01lnl , 18'-0. ~11,50=1 ..SOU 6 - ROLLING 1I'T 3ASC6.h SPAN IPIEX 8 PIER 6 PIER 7ZLEVATTONTRICK GiXOEPTiim ?UTESFigure 1 - Elevation of Rolling Lift Bascule Bridge over the Connecticut River
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Page 6 and 7: nEXISTING PROBLEMS & DESIGN CONSIDE
Page 8 and 9: N E - Construction Scheduling -The
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