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Blast of the Past

(Ohio Department of Transportation photo)

Sparks fly as the implosion of the Fort Steuben Bridge commenced in the early morning hours of Feb. 21. In a matter of mere seconds, the span was demolished.

By Tracy Carbasho CEG CORRESPONDENT

A bridge that served Ohio and West Virginia for more than eight decades was demolished in February after being closed to traffic for three years. The Ohio Department of Transportation announced in early 2009 that the Fort Steuben Bridge would be demolished as a result of what engineers called “significantly deteriorating changes in the floor condition.” The discovery was made by a team of inspectors from ODOT’s New Philadelphia and Columbus offices after a slight dip in the

floor was noticed during an earlier routine maintenance procedure. The 1,584-ft. (483 m) bridge, which was constructed in 1928, traverses the Ohio River between Steubenville, Ohio, and Weirton, W.Va. After being deemed structurally deficient and functionally obsolete, the span was scheduled to be removed in fall 2009. However, coordinating such an extensive $2.3 million project between the various governmental and regulatory agencies in both states took longer than expected and delayed the work. The demolition project, being done by Joseph B. Fay Co. of

Russellton, Pa., eventually got under way in January of this year with the removal of the bridge deck and every other part that was accessible by land. Becky Giauque, public information officer of District 11 of ODOT, said the detonation was done by Controlled Demolition Inc., a specialty explosives subcontractor from Phoenix, Md. “CDI’s segmentation of the steel trusses, suspension cables, and main towers allowed for a more efficient, time-saving and safer demolition operation compared to conventional methods,” she said. “The basic premise of explosives operation is to isolate the

key structural members of the bridge and cut them with linear-shaped charges to safely segment and drop the bridge to the surface below. “The explosive charges placed on the CDI-selected chords, diagonals, suspension cables and towers totaled 136 cut points and were detonated commencing on the Ohio end of the bridge and progressing to the West Virginia end,” added Giauque. “Sequential detonation was achieved with the use of internal-delay, non-electric blasting caps. The use of delayed blasting caps will reduce any vibration or air blast genersee DEMOLITION page 4

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‘Buckeye State’ Highway Lettings

The Ohio State Department of Transportation received bids for transportation-related improvement projects. The following is a list of some of the projects let. Project No: 110511 Type: Signing. Location: HEN-VA-SIGN-FY2012. State Estimate: $2,844,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Lake Erie Construction Company, Norwalk, Ohio — $2,843,125 • M P Dory Company, Columbus, Ohio — $2,994,339 Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2012 Project No: 110535 Type: Intersection. Location: BUT-US-127/73-16.37/7.13. State Estimate: $2,540,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • John R Jurgensen Company, Cincinnati, Ohio — $2,458,305 • R B Jergens Contractors Inc., Vandalia, Ohio — $2,563,471 • Barrett Paving Materials Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio — $2,569,695 • Brumbaugh Construction Inc., Arcanum, Ohio — $2,783,728 • Trucco Construction Company Inc., Delaware, Ohio — $2,827,229 • Ford Development Corp, Cincinnati, Ohio — $2,873,167 • Fechko Excavating Inc., Medina, Ohio — $2,923,748 • Complete General Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $3,045,230 Completion Date: Oct. 31, 2012 Project No: 110536 Type: Bridge replacement (1 bridge). Location: CLA-SR-4-11.24 L. State Estimate: $1,999,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Double Z Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $1,811,081 • Complete General Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $1,838,613 • Eagle Bridge Company, Sidney, Ohio — $1,852,503 • Brumbaugh Construction Inc., Arcanum, Ohio — $1,906,083 • R B Jergens Contractors Inc., Vandalia, Ohio — $2,037,213 • Becdir Construction Company, Berlin Center, Ohio — $2,175,169 • Kokosing Construction Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $2,227,364 • Miller Bros Construction Inc., Archbold, Ohio — $2,292,952 Completion Date: Oct. 15, 2012 Project No: 110542 Type: Two lane resurfacing.

Location: HAN-US-224/12-17.32/14.91. State Estimate: $1,500,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $1,347,008 • M & B Asphalt Company Inc., Tiffin, Ohio — $1,402,485 • Gerken Paving Inc., Napoleon, Ohio — $1,488,636 • Crestline Paving & Excavating Company Inc., Toledo, Ohio — $1,744,610 Completion Date: July 30, 2012 Project No: 110547 Type: Two lane resurfacing. Location: WAY-US-250-14.45. State Estimate: $2,965,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $2,990,701 • Kokosing Construction Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $3,149,730 • Karvo Paving Company, Stow, Ohio — $3,230,285 • Northstar Asphalt Inc., North Canton, Ohio — $3,307,231 • Superior Paving & Materials Inc., North Canton, Ohio — $3,338,336 Completion Date: Aug. 31, 2012 Project No: 110550 Type: Bridge repair. Location: ERI-US-6-17.70. State Estimate: $1,242,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Terrace Construction Company Inc., Cleveland, Ohio — $943,069 • Velotta Company, Sharon Center, Ohio — $1,021,564 • Bridge Overlay Systems Inc., Canfield, Ohio — $1,027,747 • BCC Ohio Inc., New London, Ohio — $1,039,371 • Great Lakes Construction Company, Hinckley, Ohio — $1,043,010 • Miller Bros Construction Inc., Archbold, Ohio — $1,164,578 • Schirmer Construction Company, North Olmsted, Ohio — $1,327,900 • Complete General Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $1,437,715 Completion Date: Oct. 5, 2012 Project No: 113010 Type: Bridge repair. Location: ATB-SR-11-23.85. State Estimate: $4,395,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Keffler Bridge Company, Canfield, Ohio — $3,849,555 • Union Industrial Contractors Inc., Ashtabula, Ohio — $4,212,212 • Great Lakes Construction Company, Hinckley, Ohio — $4,221,150 • Marucci & Gaffney Excavating Company, Youngstown, Ohio — $4,360,573 • Shelly & Sands Inc., Zanesville, Ohio — $4,415,200 Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2012

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Dangerously Deteriorated Bridge Demolished in W.Va.

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Crews began demolishing the Fort Steuben Bridge at the beginning of this year. Here, a significant portion of the roadway approach and the deck have been removed. The final standing sections came down with an explosive blast in February. DEMOLITION from page 1

ated by the detonation. The bridge collapsed four to five seconds after initiation of the detonators.” CDI employs a team of experts with backgrounds in varying fields, including traditional demolition, removal, explosives, engineering, remediation, and materials handling. The company used the following types and approximate quantities of explosives to demolish the Fort Steuben: • Copper-clad, linear-shaped charges (900, 1,200, 2,000 and 4,000 grains per foot), which were manufactured by Accurate Energetic Systems of McEwen, Tenn., were used as the primary steel-cutting charge. The net weight of these explosives in shaped charges was approximately 130 pounds. • Dyno Nobel non-electric detonators with various delays were used to start the explosive charges. The use of delayed initiators permitted the subcontractor to keep the

maximum weight of explosives per delay to less than 21.5 pounds, thereby reducing concussion generated by the blasting. The net weight of the detonators was less than one pound. • Dyno Nobel detonating cord of 18 grains per foot was used for non-electric cap detonation. The net weight of the explosives was less than 13 pounds. • P3 Boosters, manufactured by Accurate Energetic Systems, were used as direct initiators for shaped charges. The net weight of the explosives was less than one pound. • Electric blasting caps were used to start the non-electric detonation system. The net weight of the explosives was less than one pound. Although the bridge was brought down in February, Giauque said the overall project will not be completed until the end of July. The additional tasks will include removing pier columns and abutments, installing a bar-

rier wall, grading and seeding, removing signage, completing roadwork, and doing drainage work. Local motorists have been using the Veterans Memorial Bridge, which is just a half mile away, for easy access between Ohio and West Virginia since the Fort Steuben was first closed. Much of the traffic was diverted from the older bridge when the Veterans Memorial opened in 1990. The cable-stayed, concrete-and-steel Veterans Memorial Bridge, which had been in the planning and development stages for nearly three decades, was always intended to be a replacement for the Fort Steuben. Much of the truck traffic that once used the dangerously narrow Fort Steuben had started to use the newer bridge after it opened. Limits had been placed on the older span back in 2006, prohibiting its use by all truck traffic. Previous weight limits were also imposed.

Officials with ODOT expressed concerns about the Fort Steuben as far back as the 1990s, citing the narrow width of the deck, which measured just slightly more than 20 ft. (6 m). The bridge enjoyed quite a history in the area, however, by serving as a main artery of U.S. 22 to transport approximately 20,000 vehicles per day over the Ohio River back in the 1960s. Although renovations were made throughout the years, officials with ODOT could not justify the expense that would have been required to bring the structure up to code with current safety standards. The justification was even harder to acknowledge knowing that a replacement bridge has been operating nearby since 1990. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG

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OMEDA Holds Annual Power Show Ohio in Columbus

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ing the session “Tapping Into the Shale Gas Boom in Ohio,” conducted by OSU Extension, Belmont County Extension Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator, Stephen Schumacher. The program was designed to educate attendees regarding Eastern Ohio’s Utica and Marcellus shale energy reserves and how landowners and communities are being affected. Other sessions included a review on technologies available to assist farm productivity, Ohio’s emerging aquaculture industry, and laws governing truck weights and dimensions and road laws applicable to construction and farm machinery. see OMEDA page 7

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Ohio Group Wants Bridge Preservation Plan Changed By John Johnston THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER

STONELICK, Ohio (AP) For 134 years, a covered bridge has stood over the gurgling waters of Stonelick Creek in southwest Ohio. The one-lane, 140-ft. (42.6 m) long span is one of about 700 such bridges nationwide. Bicyclists, photographers and people taking country drives are drawn to its picturesque, wooded setting. One couple even bought a nearby house to be close to the bridge. But while it’s always been pretty, the wooden Stonelick Covered Bridge started to show signs of age. When a recycling truck ignored the 3-ton weight limit and damaged floor

beams 21 months ago, county officials were reminded of what they already knew: The bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974, had to be fixed. Nearby residents want it to be restored. The county engineer wants it to be preserved. Those goals might sound similar, but they’re different. In the 19th century, about 15,000 covered bridges dotted the U.S. landscape. Until about 25 years ago, the danger faced by such bridges was outright demolition. Today, the danger is “demolition through redesign,” said David Wright, president of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, based in Westminster, Vt. Which brings us to the preservation-versus-restoration

debate surrounding the Stonelick bridge, one of about 140 covered bridges left in Ohio. “This is history right here in our county, and it needs to be recognized and protected,” said Stonelick Township resident Eileen Kromer. “Anybody can build a modern bridge. Can you keep an old one? That’s the question.” Kromer is among 500 people who signed a petition opposing a preservation plan proposed by the county engineer. The petition calls instead for an “authentic, historic restoration.” That effort has been led by Tim and Catherine Rush-Ossenbeck. While on a country drive on Stonelick Williams Corner Road 32 years ago, they crossed the red bridge and saw that a house on the south side of it was for sale. They bought it that day. “We moved out here into [our] house because of the covered bridge,” said Tim Rush-Ossenbeck, an electrical engineer. But neither the Rush-Ossenbecks nor anyone else has been able to use the bridge since that May incident involving the recycling truck. Clermont County Engineer Patrick Manger said he closed the span after an inspection revealed a number of damaged floor beams. Even before that incident, plans were being made to shore up the aging structure. In 2008, Manger’s office applied to the National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program and received a $360,000 federal grant, which requires a $90,000 local match. Manger also hired a covered bridge consultant, John Smolen, who presented preservation options. After two public meetings, officials settled on a $1.1 million plan that involves constructing a new bridge inside the old one, which would preserve most of the old bridge. The new bridge — consisting of arches made of glued laminated timber — would support both the old bridge and vehicular traffic. Those modifications, Manger said, would not jeopardize the bridge’s standing on the National Register of Historic Places. And even more important, in his view: The bridge’s load-carrying capacity would increase, with a posted limit of 12 tons. But Tim Rush-Ossenbeck and the pro-restoration group oppose that plan for a number of reasons. For one, the old bridge would no longer serve a functional purpose, but would simply be “window dressing.” In addition, “When you drive over the bridge, you’ll see these big wooden arches [inside], but you won’t really see the old trusses,” Rush-Ossenbeck said. “You’ll have to look closely behind those arches to see the trusses.” Trusses are what define the significance of a covered bridge, said David Simmons, president of the Ohio Historic Bridge Association. “So if you’re going to do a renovation, change as little as possible of the historic fabric that is most important, and that’s the trusses.” The Stonelick bridge features a Howe truss, a design patented by Massachusetts millwright William Howe in 1840. Simmons said he believes the plan to install arches makes sense, because most of the old bridge will be left intact. But Ron Hill disagreed. He’s president of the Clermont County Historical Society, and helped get the bridge on the National Register. The arches will cause people to “get a very mistaken impression of what kind of bridge it was,” he said. What’s more, Rush-Ossenbeck and others argue that increasing the bridge’s load-carrying capacity to 12 tons will lead to heavy truck traffic — and compromise safety on the bridge and the narrow country road leading to it. Rush-Ossenbeck said he has been told by J.A. Barker Engineering, a Bloomington, Ind.-based firm that specializes in covered bridge restoration, that the span could be restored by simply replacing its worn out and damaged pieces. The cost would be about $400,000 less than Manger’s plan.

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Annual Power Show Ohio Draws Extensive Turnout

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