Bridges And Roads

Great Northern Lumber helped construct 3 of the Top 10 Bridges 2007

(As listed in “Road and Bridges” Magazine)

Wacker Drive Reconstruction

In 2001 Great Northern Lumber provided the lumber for the historic efforts to “Revive Wacker Drive”, downtown Chicago’s historic two-tier roadway used by over 180,000 vehicles a day, with work on The Wacker Drive Reconstruction Project Phase I. Work consisted of the complete demolition and replacement of the viaduct, lower Wacker roadway, and historical architecture including the five adjacent cross streets and structures for a total of 2100 LF.

U.S. 90 Bay St. Louis Bridge, Bay St. Louis, Miss.

 

Cost: $243 million
Length: 13,770 ft
Lead Designer: Parsons Brinckerhoff
Contractor: Tidewater Skanska, Flatiron
Owner: Florida DOT

                                                                                                                                                              Bridge over Ohio River and Blennerhassett Island, Parkersburg, W. Va.

Cost: $120 million
Length: 4,008 ft
Type: Steel Network Tied Arch
Designer: Michael Baker Jr./HNTB
Owners: FHWA, West Virginia Department of Highways, Ohio DOT
Prime Contractor: Walsh Construction Co.

Markham Yard Bridge Reconstruction, East Hazel Crest, IL.

Cost: $46 million
Length: 2,500 ft
Type: Continuous 16-Span Steel Plate Girder
Designer: Stanley Consultants
Owner: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Prime Contractors: Walsh Construction Co., Teng & Associates Inc.