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Take 35,000 linear ft. (10,668 m) of steel pipe, add 1 million lbs. (453,592 kg) of rebar, mix in 10,500 cu. yds. (8,027 cu m) of concrete and viola! You have replaced a 60-year-old bridge with a modern design-build classic. Reed & Reed Inc., Woolwich, Maine, is the designer and builder of The Veteran’s Memorial Bridge Replacement Project, owned by the Maine Department of Transportation. The existing Veteran’s Memorial Bridge, which carries U.S. Route 1 across the Fore River from Portland to South Portland, Maine, was built in the early 1950s. The bridge currently serves The scope of the project is to replace the existing bridge with a new bridge 10,000 vehicles per day and designed to last a century. The total length of the new bridge is 1,610 ft. (490 m). is a major connecting route from Interstate 295 to the Sequencing; and Public Information Plan. business district and working waterfront of Portland. “The basis of the award [was finalized] in total lump sum Reed & Reed, which has had a stellar reputation in the price/technical score,” added Guerette. “Reed & Reed’s proconstruction and contracting industry since 1929, has posal was the lowest lump sum price and the highest techniworked with top designer architects to construct what will cal score.” surely become a modern classic in Maine. The company’s lump sum bid was for $63 million. According to Reed & Reed Project Manager Charlie Guerette added that the scope of the project is to replace Guerette, the $63.12 million project will be finished on time, the existing bridge with a new bridge designed to last a cenon budget and is 85 percent complete at this writing. tury — a span, that is, with a 100-year lifespan. The total length of the new bridge is 1610 ft. (490 m). Span’s 100-Year Lifespan “The new bridge is a segmental precast concrete super “We are teamed with TY Lin International to complete structure, consisting of parallel trapezoidal concrete box secdesign and construction of the new bridge and the removal tions, approximately 40 feet wide with a three-foot cast in of the existing bridge,” said Guerette. “The project was place deck section between the boxes to create one uniform awarded on a ‘best value’ to the owner system where all pro- deck surface, approximately 83 feet wide. The deck will supposals were judged in five different areas for technical score. port two lanes of traffic in each direction and a separated The five evaluation criteria were Design Concept; Context multi-purpose lane for bikes and pedestrians. Sensitive Solutions; Project Management and Quality see BrIDgE page 4 Program; Maintenance and Protection of Traffic/Project