{"id":28683,"date":"2025-01-21T11:32:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T19:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/jv-picked-for-2-3b-long-bridge-overhaul\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T11:32:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T19:32:35","slug":"jv-picked-for-2-3b-long-bridge-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/jv-picked-for-2-3b-long-bridge-overhaul\/","title":{"rendered":"JV picked for $2.3B Long Bridge overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/images\/audio_icon.svg?482016190122\" alt=\"-\"><\/p>\n<p>        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">3 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1737483364\/news\/text_to_speech\/long-bridge-rail-partners-selected-virginia_hptxej.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ed-secondary-content-box ed-secondary-content-box--expandable\">\n<p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Award: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span>Long Bridge South<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Value: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span><span>$2.3 billion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Locations:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span>\u00a0Potomac River between Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Virginia<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Clients: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span><span>Virginia Passenger Rail Authority<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority has <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vapassengerrailauthority.org\/vpra-selects-construction-partner-for-long-bridge-south-package\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>awarded Long Bridge Rail Partners<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> the design-build construction partner contract for the Long Bridge Project-South Package, according to a Jan. 16 news release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Long Bridge Rail Partners is a joint venture made up of Pittsburgh-based Trumbull, S&amp;B Construction and Fay, as well as York, Pennsylvania-headquartered Wagman Heavy Civil. The lead designer on the South Package is New York City-based engineering firm STV.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The entire $2.3 billion project will enable separation of passenger and freight rail traffic on the 1.8-mile railroad corridor between Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Virginia, and relieve one of the largest rail traffic bottlenecks on the East Coast. It represents the largest of the commonwealth\u2019s Transforming Rail in Virginia efforts, and is a key milestone to its second wave of Virginia Railway Express expansion.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>VPRA split the main Long Bridge project work into north and south packages. It awarded the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/flatiron-skanska-virginia-rail-vpra\/702334\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>North Package to a Skanska\/Flatiron<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> joint venture in December 2023. The agency also picked a Flatiron and Herzog team to build the Franconia-Springfield Bypass.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cThe selection of Long Bridge Rail Partners completes the team that will build the largest of our Transforming Rail in Virginia projects, which will significantly change the way Virginians travel,\u201d said DJ Stadtler, executive director of VPRA, in the release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>South Package work entails construction of a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagman.com\/news\/long-bridge-rail-partners-awarded-long-bridge-south-project\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>new two-track railroad bridge<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> and an adjacent bicycle-pedestrian bridge over the George Washington Memorial Parkway and Potomac River, according to a news release from Wagman. The team will also build new retaining walls and embankments for the Parkway, as well as a new fender system within the Potomac River Navigational Channel.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Long Bridge Rail Partners team will take the project through the final design phase and incorporate \u201cinnovative alternative technical concepts,\u201d per VPRA\u2019s release. Heavy construction on the South Package is expected to begin in the fall of 2026 and is slated to be substantially complete in 2030.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/long-bridge-rail-partners-selected-virginia\/737865\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. 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