Colorado’s I-70 Could Have Boston’s Big Dig Beat
Miscellaneous
Insights on the tunnel design industry and a profile of Brierly Associates
The August 2011 issue of Tunnel Boring Magazine contains a profile on Brierley Associates, an engineering firm specializing in tunnel design based in the Denver, Colorado area. The article provides some nice insight into the […]
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Pittsburgh PA Light Rail Tunnel Construction and Cost Overruns
The Port Authority of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) has a major transit improvement project dubbed the North Shore Connector. Its main components are twin bored tunnels 1.2 miles long that will connect the Port Authority’s Light Rail Transit system, the T, 1.2 miles from the Gateway Subway Station underneath Stanwix Street and the Allegheny River to the North Shore. It will travel under the river and provide three new stations and allow for future improvements beneficial to future development and continued downtown revitalization. The $435 million project is making news recently for cost increases, drawing comparisons to Boston’s Big Dig much to the dismay of the Port Authority. Read on for project maps, links and more info.
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World Record O-Cell Load Test in St. Louis, MO!
My colleage Robert Thompson at Dan Brown and Associates has posted about the World Record O-Cell test they were involved in on the new Mississippi River Bridge for I-70 in St. Louis, Missouri. The new […]