The James A Farley Bridge job is moving at along at a breakneck pace, and with a large majority of the bridge completed as we write this post. Working overtime and weekends, Harrison and Burrowes have certainly worked hard to get this job done in a fast and efficient manner. Many thanks to the Town of Stony Point officials, the NY State Department of Transportation and Rockland County Highway Department for making this job as painless to the public as possible.
Detours and distractions are the norm when you demolish a bridge on a State Highway, and the plan to redirect the Route 9W traffic around the bridge seemed to work like a charm. The simple fact that the the local plants and quarry’s are running at 25% capacity due to economic conditions also played into this scenario, but when all is said and done, the plan to demolish the span and rebuild it in place was the winning hand.
The rebuilding process, which was taken on as an emergency project for NY State D.O.T. region 8, looks like it may be done in early November 2009. The above is a video of the steel girders being delivered to the job site in August. This video is part 5 of the PilotCar.TV coverage of the Over Dimensional moves needed to make this bridge job possible. Again, Kudos to all involved and we hope for a safe finish to this emergency rebuild.
Tags: Bridge, Cedar Pond Brook, James A Farley, Over Dimensional, Pilotcar.tv, Rockland County Highway Department, SR 9W, Town of Stony Point
