video: RIDOT Releases Time-Lapse Video Documenting Bridge Replacement at Barton Corner
Tuesday, October 07, 2014
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and Michael Lewis, Director of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, released a time-lapse video showing the $6.4 million replacement of the Barton Corner Bridge on the Warwick/West Warwick town line.
The bridge, which carries I-95 over one of the state’s busiest commercial corridors along Route 2, was replaced during an 11-day period in August.
Using accelerated bridge construction, the contractor, Warwick’s D’Ambra Construction, built two halves of the bridge on land adjacent to the overpass and then moved them into place.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTAccelerating the construction process allowed the bridge to be replaced in less than one month versus two full construction seasons if conventional methods were used.
“Strengthening our transportation infrastructure has been a cornerstone of my administration, and I am proud to see Rhode Island taking such an innovative step forward with this project,” Governor Chafee said. “Investing in our infrastructure is critical to continuing our economic recovery as a state, as well as improving the quality of life for Rhode Islanders.”
“This project was a great success for the State of Rhode Island,” Director Lewis said. “Not only did we replace a critical piece of our infrastructure, but we did so with minimal disruption to traffic and to the surrounding community during construction. We will continue to explore new technologies such as this to complete projects more efficiently and further reduce impacts to the everyday driver.”
See video below
For more information, contact RIDOT Chief Public Affairs Officer Rose Amoros at 261-2159 or [email protected].
