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Vol. XV • No. 15
“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper‌ Founded in 1957.â€?
Your Ohio Connection: Ed Bryden, Strongsville, OH • 1-800-810-7640
Ritchie Bros. Reports Strong Sales at Well Attended Columbus Auction
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here were more than 1,100 registered bidders that participated online and in person at the Ritchie Bros. multi-million dollar auction held on June 23 in Columbus, Ohio. The auction drew bidders heavily from Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio as well as 40 other states, 26 countries and nine Canadian provinces. More than 65 percent of the trucks and equipment (based on gross auction proceeds) went to buyers from outside the state. More than 1,000 auction lots were sold on auction day.
Mark Haynes of Mark Haynes Construction hoped to take home this Screen Machine portable screening plant.
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Ritchie Bros.’s Darrel Yoder calls out the bids.
Work Begins to Replace Ohio’s Tallest, But Aging, Bridge By Matt Leingang
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Construction began July 12 on an $88 million project to replace the tallest bridge in Ohio, an aging structure similar in design to the one that collapsed in Minnesota in 2007. The Jeremiah Morrow Bridge on Interstate 71 near Lebanon in southwest Ohio is considered safe but has enough structural deterioration that it can no longer handle heavy loads. Oversize trucks carrying more than 120,000 lbs. (54,431 kg), such as military or farm equipment, are pro-
hibited. Ohio began developing plans to replace the bridge around the time the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed in Minneapolis, killing 13 people and injuring 145. The project is now on a fast track as the structure reaches the end of its 50-year life span, said Stefan Spinosa, an engineer with the Ohio Department of Transportation. The bridge is actually a set of twin two-lane spans supported by a steel truss underneath the deck. It opened for traffic in 1965, running a length of 2,224 ft. (678 m) — about half a mile — and rising 240 ft. (73 m) over the Little Miami River. It carries about 60,000 vehicles a day, serving as a
major freight corridor between Columbus and Cincinnati. But repairs are becoming more frequent, and a recent inspection revealed that 80 gusset plates, which hold beams together, need to be stiffened before allowing overweight trucks to use the bridge again. The National Transportation Safety Board blamed the Minneapolis bridge collapse on an undersize gusset plate, a flaw in its original design from the 1960s. Board members also criticized Minnesota officials for allowing 287 tons (260 t) of construction materials to be stockpiled on the bridge’s center on the day of the collapse. see BRIDGE page 7