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After a three-year delay, construction crews have begun clearing land and moving dirt on the $158 million Akron, Ohio, SR 8 bridge replacement project.

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After a three-year delay, construction crews have begun clearing land and moving dirt on the $158 million Akron, Ohio, SR 8 bridge replacement project.

“Project design was essentially complete when statewide funding priorities changed due to the pandemic-related economic shortfalls,” said Ramon Marsch, spokesman of the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). “This project was initially scheduled to go out to bid in 2020 but was pushed back. The bridge was fine. There were no safety issues, so we were able to push it back safely.”

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Additional Repairs Coming to Damaged 4th Street Overpass The Ohio Department of Transportation and the city of Columbus continue coordinating on a longer-term temporary repair of the 4th Street Bridge over I-70 that was damaged when it was struck by an over-height load.

The damaged beam is located on the east side of the bridge under the sidewalk and does not carry the active load of traffic.

Initially only one lane of 4th Street was reopened to traffic out of an abundance of caution to ensure the weight load on the bridge stayed well under capacity. Following performance of a load rating on the structure, it was determined that another lane could safely be restored.

“Structurally, the 4th Street bridge is sound. We were fortunate the damage from this incident was confined to one exterior beam,” said Jeff Hipp, ODOT District 6 bridge engineer.

The next round of repairs will remove the damaged beam, provide support for a utility duct and reopen another lane of traffic on 4th Street. Temporary pedestrian access will be established in the eastern-most lane of 4th Street, as the current sidewalk will need to remain closed.

Following an over-height vehicle strike to the 4th Street Bridge over I-70 Westbound on Jan. 6 that severely damaged one of the bridge beams, both ODOT and Kokosing forces mobilized rapidly on a temporary repair to re-open I-70 Westbound.

Initially, ODOT staff were assessing removal of the damaged beam and a partial deck demolition, similar to what was previ-

ODOT photo

ODOT photo

The salvaged beam was cut to length and placed on top of 4th Street and secured to the damaged beam with chains and load binders.

The Ohio Department of Transportation and the city of Columbus continue coordinating on a longer-term temporary repair of the 4th Street Bridge over I-70 that was damaged when it was struck by an over-height load.

ously done on the 3rd Street bridge.

However, the presence of a major fiber optic utility duct next to the damaged beam meant an alternative short-term repair was needed.

Early estimates for the repair had all lanes of I-70 Westbound potentially closed for multiple days, however several factors contributed to crews being able to get a temporary repair in place and the highway back open to traffic in one day.

“Having a contractor on scene and working nearby was integral to being able to mobilize a quick response to this incident,” said Toni Turowski, ODOT District 6 deputy director. “Having a salvaged beam from the Front Street bridge on hand also meant there were no delays in locating and acquiring materials. Work was able to begin almost immediately. We greatly appreciate Kokosing’s partnership and mobilizing their

crews on a weekend with short notice.”

The salvaged beam was cut to length and placed on top of 4th Street and secured to the damaged beam with chains and load binders ensuring the damaged beam is safely held in place.

The 4th Street bridge will be demolished and rebuilt as part a future phase of the I70/I-71 Downtown Ramp Up project currently under construction. 

Lime City Road Bridge Over I-75 Repair Begins in March The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will begin work early this spring to repair the Lime City Road bridge over Interstate 75 in Rossford.

The bridge was struck and damaged by an over-height load in February 2023. Since then, traffic on the bridge has been maintained in one lane with a temporary signal.

The project was sold as a design-build contract, where a contractor and a design firm develop and submit a single bid. Beaver Excavating, Canton and Parsons Corporation submitted the successful bid of $7.2 million.

The project will remove and replace the existing concrete bridge deck, replace a damaged steel beam that was removed, repair one of the existing beams,

add two additional beams to widen the structure on the west (southbound) side to support a future multi-use path, and raise the bridge height by more than 1 ft., from 14 ft. 9 in. to 16 ft. 6 in.

Pat McColley, ODOT District 2 deputy director, said the existing bridge is at legal height, but the project provides an opportunity to raise it to reduce the likelihood of it being struck again.

“The bridge has been struck a number of times — each time by vehicles without a legal permit or that exceeded the height of the permit,” he said.

Work is anticipated to begin in March and will initially involve primarily earth work. Traffic on I75 in the area of the bridge will be restricted, likely beginning in late

ODOT photo

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will begin work early this spring to repair the Lime City Road bridge over Interstate 75 in Rossford.

March or April. Some preliminary work, such as surveying and soil boring, was expected to have no anticipated impact to traffic.

Lime City Road itself is antici-

pated to close in June for approximately 120 days. The overall project is expected to be completed in 2025.

The design-build contract

method will result in the project being completed much faster than is typical.

“Bridge beams require time to design and fabricate and are the critical component in determining the construction schedule,” said McColley. “Design-build allows us to get to and through design, onto fabricating, and into construction much faster. Had we proceeded with our normal project bidding method, we would not be going to construction this year,” he said.

ODOT anticipates the bridge will be returned to full service approximately a year and a half after it was struck.

ODOT has consulted with the city of Rossford and the Wood County Port Authority in the planning phase of the project. 

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Liebherr LTM 1450 ATs Reach Great Heights On High Street Liebherr photo

The second job was disassembling a tower crane that had been on a job site for 18 months.

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The first job was swapping out a series of transformers from the 15th floor of a high-rise.

A fall weekend in downtown Columbus, Ohio, looked like an all-terrain crane takeover as two Liebherr LTM 1450 ATs were hard at work on two separate projects on the same street. Both cranes were provided by ALL Crane Rental Corp., a member of the ALL Family of Companies.

The first job was swapping out a series of transformers from the 15th floor of a highrise. The second was disassembling a tower crane that had been on a job site for 18 months.

For the transformer job, ALL’s customer was Atlas Industrial Contractors.

“We were replacing transformers that had

been in place for decades,” said Hunter Edwards, project manager of Atlas.

Work crews actually removed some precast concrete sections to open a hole in the exterior wall of the building so the crane could access the transformers from the building’s service floor. Once work was completed, the wall was sealed up.

The Liebherr LTM 1450 was configured with 120 ft. of main boom, 180 ft. of luffer and 295,400 lbs. of counterweight. Each transformer weighed in at approximately 20,000 lbs. with dimensions of 7 ft. high, 4 ft. wide and 6 ft. deep.

Replacement transformers had roughly

the same dimensions and weighed 17,000 lbs. each.

The crane was set up on High Street, one of the busiest streets in downtown Columbus. “There’s a saying in Columbus, ‘you never get High Street,’ meaning the city will never authorize closing any lanes of traffic on that street,” said Edwards.

In this instance, the city did authorize the closures, and the crane was taking up threequarters of High Street. The work had to be completed in a single weekend. The Liebherr LTM 1450 was assembled on Friday night, the four old transformers were removed and four new ones were installed in a single Saturday, then the crane was disassembled and trucked away on Sunday.

Meanwhile, at the intersection of High

Street and Broad Street, ALL had a second Liebherr LTM 1450 AT set up to aid in the removal of a tower crane that had been in place for a year and a half for customer Urban Five Construction. The AT was configured with 138 ft. of luffer and 295,400 lbs. of counterweight. A smaller AT, a Liebherr LTM 1060, was used as an assist crane for the 1450 and helped load out the sections of the Potain 368 tower crane.

The second 1450 also was assembled Friday night and worked through the weekend to complete the tower crane removal. By Monday morning, High Street was back to bustling as normal, and downtown workers made their commutes unimpeded.

For more information, visit www.allcrane.com. 

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Crews Perform Grading, Excavation Work for New Bridge BRIDGE from page 1

The contract was awarded to Ruhle/Great Lakes SR 8 Joint Venture Project in the spring of 2023 with work getting under way in August.

The project involves replacing the existing 1,500-ft. long, 180-ft. high, blue-painted steel bridge carrying SR 8 over various railroads, North Street and the Little Cuyahoga River.

Two new side-by-side bridges will replace the one existing bridge. The new bridge will feature an additional lane in each direction for a total of four lanes in each direction.

“That will help dramatically with traffic,” Marsch said.

One of the major challenges in designing the project was minimizing impacts to the 115,000 travelers who use the bridge daily. “It is a vital component of the transportation infrastructure in northeast Ohio and provides a critical link for commuters and commerce to the government, medical, university and other commercial facilities in downtown Akron and beyond,” Marsch said.

To keep traffic flowing, “SR 8 traffic will continue to travel on the existing bridge while the first new bridge is built to the west,” Marsch said. “All six lanes of SR 8 traffic will then be shifted onto the new bridge. The existing SR 8 bridge will be removed, and the second new bridge will be constructed in the same location. It is expected that SR 8 traffic will be maintained throughout the duration of the project.

However, short term ramp closures may be needed at the Perkins Street and Glenwood Avenue interchanges.”

The project also will extend the northbound entrance ramp from Perkins Street across the bridge to become the exit ramp for the Glenwood Avenue interchange. For SR 8 south, the southbound entrance ramp from Glenwood Avenue will extend across the bridge to the exit ramp for the Perkins Street interchange.

Noise walls will be constructed along SR 8 at four locations — on the west side of SR 8 between Glenwood Avenue and Lookout Park; the east side of SR 8 between the former Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center and Celebration Church; on the west side of SR 8 between Adams Street and Perkins Street; and on the east side of SR 8 between Adams Street and Perkins Street.

Crews are working with yard cranes and hydraulic ham-

Ramon Marsch photo

Crews are working with yard cranes and hydraulic hammers for pile driving the bridge foundations and bulldozers and excavators for grading and excavation work.

mers for pile driving the bridge foundations and bulldozers and excavators for grading and excavation work. The bridge was originally constructed in 1953 to provide a grade separation for what was formerly called the Akron Expressway — now SR 8 — as it crossed over the Little Cuyahoga River, five railroad corridors, the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal and East North Street.

To extend the life of the bridge, numerous maintenance activities have been performed over the years. However, it has continued to deteriorate, and maintenance activities will be performed as needed while it remains in use.

ODOT also has worked with Summit Metro Parks and the city of Akron both to minimize impacts on users of the Freedom Trail located below the bridge and to enhance the trail with permanent improvements. Those improvements

include a new paved connector trail spur to link Perkins Street and Freedom Trail, as well as an “exciting scenic overlook feature to be constructed under the new bridges behind Freedom Trail.” ODOT has planned two separate six-month closures of the trail and other short-term closures or restrictions. A trail detour will be provided.

“Aesthetics also is an important component of the project features, such as the delta-style bridge piers, lighting, fencing, a unique approach feature, the Freedom Trail overlook and the highway side of the noise walls,” Marsch said. “The project team has had many conversations with numerous local stakeholders regarding the aesthetic features because they recognize the bridges will be a prominent community feature for decades to come.”

The project is scheduled for completion in 2028.  CEG

Ramon Marsch photo

Ramon Marsch photo

The project also will extend the northbound entrance ramp from Perkins Street across the bridge to become the exit ramp for the Glenwood Avenue interchange.

For SR 8 south, the southbound entrance ramp from Glenwood Avenue will extend across the bridge to the exit ramp for the Perkins Street interchange.

The project involves replacing the existing 1,500-ft. long, 180-ft. high, blue-painted steel bridge carrying SR 8 over various railroads, North Street and the Little Cuyahoga River. Two new side-by-side bridges will replace the one existing bridge.

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All Ohio Future Fund...

Gov. DeWine Announces Guidelines for $750M in Funding Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik announced details of the new All Ohio Future Fund, which will provide $750 million to local communities to help increase the state’s inventory of project-ready economic development sites.

Funding awarded through the All Ohio Future Fund will be used toward one-time local infrastructure costs that are necessary to prepare sites for future economic development projects.

“Increasing our inventory of project-ready sites is imperative for continued economic growth,” said DeWine. “With the help of this program, we will usher in a new era of economic development for Ohio, fueling opportunity for generations to come.”

The DeWine-Husted Administration created the All Ohio Future Fund in partnership with the Ohio General Assembly as part of the current operating budget.

“As more businesses look to create a domestic supply chain, and because Ohio is a great place to work and do busi-

ness, there is a demand for job-ready sites for businesses to locate and grow,” said Husted. “We are preparing Ohio to protect America’s economic and national security by making more of the products we need to live and thrive.”

The Ohio Department of Development will administer the program in coordination with the Office of Budget and Management. The department released detailed guidelines on the program Dec. 15, including project requirements and eligibility.

“With the help of this program, we will usher in a new era of economic development for Ohio, fueling opportunity for generations to come.”

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Awardees will be expected to find site occupants within five years. Eligible costs include public roadwork, water and wastewater infrastructure, design and engineering, demolition, wetland mitigation, utility gap funding and one-time site enhancements. Funding will primarily come in the form of no-interest loans that may be partially forgivable.

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For more information, visit development.ohio.gov/community/economic-development/all-ohio-future-fund.

“The All Ohio Future Fund is part of the bold vision from the collaboration of the DeWine Husted Administration and state legislature, which will continue the economic momentum our state's achieved since 2019,” said JobsOhio President and CEO J.P. Nauseef. “The critical need for strategic sites throughout Ohio is key to success for both companies and communities building for today and investing for a prosperous tomorrow.” 

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