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PCANY NEWSLETTER PCANY MONTHLY PRECAST CONCRETE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK, INC. August 2010 Volume 21, No. 8 Focus of This Issue: Box Culverts, Three-Sided Structures Precast Concrete Box Culvert with Turning Sections Route 425, Wheatfield Above (right): Shop drawing illustrates section shape and arrangement to achieve turns in culvert direction for US Rt. 425, Wheatfield, NY. Left: Installed culverts form turn in layout, with precast end headwalls and wingwalls set last. Kistner Concrete Products regu- larly supplies many shapes, sizes, types, and custom products for cul- verts, as well as for other utility proj- ects and building structures. For this NYSDOT project in Wheatfield, NY, Kistner cast what they called “special turn pieces” to achieve the required serpentine shape in a most basic manner – use of a standard, repeti- tive trapezoidal piece. The six typical 12’-0” x 3’-0” rectangular sections weighed 17 tons each, and the remaining 11 pieces varied per its geometry. It is rather subtle, but there are four bends actually made to satisfy the required layout. Installation of all the precast was done in one day, nevertheless achieving the tight geometric require- ments, and avoiding existing utilities. Project credits include the NYSDOT as engineer and owner, CATCO Construction, Alden, NY, contractor, and Kistner Concrete Products, Lockport, NY, precast supplier. Thanks to Mike Kistner for sending this article, as well as others in this newsletter; to quote Mike: “Customer / Owner / Engineer all very pleased with the precast solution.” ❑ Construction is currently underway on Phase II of the Hudson Valley Rail Trail in the Town of Lloyd, Ulster County, NY. The 1.25 mile long section of trail will connect the existing trail in the Town to the recently completed Walkway over the Hudson. The trail segment will ulti- mately provide users a fully off-highway, multi-use trail that connects the Town of Lloyd and the City of Poughkeepsie. One of the most significant engineering challenges of the project is at the location where Mile Hill Road bisects the former railroad corridor. An old concrete arch bridge once carried Mile Hill Road over the railroad; however this arch was demolished and filled in when the railroad was abandoned, creating a roadway embankment that was approximately 25 feet high and 180 feet wide at its base. One of the main objectives during the design of this seg- ment of the Hudson Valley Rail Trail was to re-establish this underpass so that trail users could pass underneath Mile Hill Road and remain traveling through the pristine countryside while avoiding an at grade road crossing. Hudson Valley Rail Trail – Mile Hill Road, Town of Lloyd By Jeremy Bourdeau, P.E., Barton & Loguidice, P.C. (continued on page 2)
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PCANY NEWSLETTERPCANY MONTHLY
PRECAST CONCRETE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK, INC. August 2010 Volume 21, No. 8
Focus of This Issue: Box Culverts, Three-Sided Structures
Precast Concrete Box Culvert with Turning SectionsRoute 425, Wheatfield
Above (right): Shop drawing illustrates section shape and arrangement to achieve turns in culvert direction for US Rt. 425,Wheatfield, NY. Left: Installed culverts form turn in layout, with precast end headwalls and wingwalls set last.
Kistner Concrete Products regu-larly supplies many shapes, sizes,types, and custom products for cul-verts, as well as for other utility proj-ects and building structures. For thisNYSDOT project in Wheatfield, NY,Kistner cast what they called “specialturn pieces” to achieve the requiredserpentine shape in a most basicmanner – use of a standard, repeti-
tive trapezoidal piece. The six typical12’-0” x 3’-0” rectangular sectionsweighed 17 tons each, and theremaining 11 pieces varied per itsgeometry. It is rather subtle, butthere are four bends actually made tosatisfy the required layout.
Installation of all the precast wasdone in one day, neverthelessachieving the tight geometric require-
ments, and avoiding existing utilities.Project credits include the NYSDOTas engineer and owner, CATCOConstruction, Alden, NY, contractor,and Kistner Concrete Products,Lockport, NY, precast supplier.Thanks to Mike Kistner for sendingthis article, as well as others in thisnewsletter; to quote Mike: “Customer/ Owner / Engineer all very pleasedwith the precast solution.” q
Construction is currently underway on Phase II of theHudson Valley Rail Trail in the Town of Lloyd, UlsterCounty, NY. The 1.25 mile long section of trail will connectthe existing trail in the Town to the recently completedWalkway over the Hudson. The trail segment will ulti-mately provide users a fully off-highway, multi-use trailthat connects the Town of Lloyd and the City ofPoughkeepsie.
One of the most significant engineering challenges ofthe project is at the location where Mile Hill Road bisects
the former railroad corridor. An old concrete arch bridgeonce carried Mile Hill Road over the railroad; however thisarch was demolished and filled in when the railroad wasabandoned, creating a roadway embankment that wasapproximately 25 feet high and 180 feet wide at its base.One of the main objectives during the design of this seg-ment of the Hudson Valley Rail Trail was to re-establishthis underpass so that trail users could pass underneathMile Hill Road and remain traveling through the pristinecountryside while avoiding an at grade road crossing.
Hudson Valley Rail Trail – Mile Hill Road, Town of LloydBy Jeremy Bourdeau, P.E., Barton & Loguidice, P.C.
(continued on page 2)
Contractor Union Concrete and Construction Cor-poration’s Jack Ford said the erection was both a tight fitand a quick completion. They took off the top of the oldbridge, and set a portion of the new one (the box culverts)inside next to the old walls. This simplified the amount ofdemolition and excavation they had to do, which savedtime – because they had a contractual time restrain of 14days to close the road. He said that by careful organiza-tion and execution, they were able to get the job done.One key was the delivery of the precast units, which wasperformed exactly as scheduled in one 8-hour day, thus
not incurring another $5-6k for the large crane for a sec-ond day. Road closure was avoided by pushing traffic tothe shoulder to enable installation of the culvert turn,some required cast in place work at the inlet and outletends. He said the CIP flared ends were very complicated.As in the first article (page 1), Mike Kistner reported“Customer / Owner / Engineer all very pleased with theprecast solution”, and Jack agreed. Credits: Owner andengineer – NYSDOT; Contractor – Union Concrete andConstruction Corporation; Precaster – Kistner ConcreteProducts, Lockport, NY. q
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45-Degree Turning Pieces Photo by Kistner Concrete Open topped end sections to form and continue channel
Installation of Precast Arch Units View of Partially Completed New Structure
Route 20, SheridanThey make it look so easy! For US Rt. 20 in Sheridan,
NY, Kistner supplied fourteen 30-ton sections of 12’-0” x11’-0” box culverts, with special ends, plus 2 toe walls.
Two 22.5 degree special turning pieces were supplied toachieve a 45-degree bend, as shown in the accompany-ing picture.
The new structure utilized a combination of pre-cast andcast-in-place concrete construction. The main structureconsists of nine precast concrete ConSpan arch units eachwith a span of 28 feet and an 11 foot rise. These units arefounded on cast-in-place concrete stem walls and footings.Cast-in-place concrete wingwalls were utilized to tie the
structure into the steep rock outcrops that line the projectsite. The precast headwalls and end arch units were con-structed with concrete form-liner to give the structure theappearance of a stone arch. The concrete will be stainedto emulate natural limestone and a “keystone” will be in-stalled in the recess at the center of the arch.
Hudson Valley Rail Trail (continued from page 1)
Project credits include: Owner – Town of Lloyd;Engineer – Barton & Loguidice, P.C.; Contractor – Merritt
Construction, Inc.; Precast Supplier – Contech Construc-tion Products, Inc. q
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American Public Works Association Award Winner for Small Structures
Ongoing inspections found the old West AvenueBridges’ structural deck longitudinally cracked, the con-crete hollow sounding, spalling of large areas of concreteand exposed, rusting reinforcement. The City ofCanandaigua clearly needed a replacement for thebridge, and engaged Hunt Engineers, Architects, andLand Surveyors, P.C. to prepare the needed design anddocuments. To keep costs low, shorten construction time,and minimize the impact on the detoured traveling public,a precast concrete box-culvert scheme was chosen,rather than replace the old structural deck. The West
Avenue Bridge replacement project was approved as aStimulus Project, and won an award from the APWA forsmall structures. It was identified by NYSDOT Region 4Staff as one of the top two best ARRA projects within theregion; it was also submitted by them to Albany for inclu-sion in an AASHTO Report that discussed AARA projects.
The project was awarded for design to Hunt EAS inFebruary 2009, had design approval in April, a PS&E sub-mission in May and was substantially complete inDecember 2009 with only punch items remaining forspring-time cleanup. q
Preparation of sub-bed after removal of old structure Installing 22’ clear-span, 6’ clear-rise box-culvert sections
Culvert joints taped, backfilled, and ready for 8” of asphalt Looks like this bridge has always been there, doesn’t it? q
The old structure included a pedestrian bridge on bothsides of the roadway. In the picture above, note that onepedestrian bridge was left in place during construction tonot encumber the local foot traffic. It was removed (asunnecessary) after the bridge was completed. Credits:
Contractor was Wind-Sun Construction, Precaster wasLakelands Concrete Products, and HUNT Engineers,Architects, & Land Surveyors, P.C. did the design. Manythanks to HUNT’s Barry J. Dumbauld, P.E. for the article,the photos, and his help.
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Fourteen 30-ton box-culvert sections, 24’-0” x 7’-0”, withsloped ends and precast toe walls, all erected in one 8-hourday – it sounds so routine. Designed by Wendel Engineers forthe Town of Amherst, E & R General Contracting did the siteconstruction, and the precaster was Kistner ConcreteProducts, Lockport, NY. Our thanks, again, to Mike Kistner forthe photos and stories.
Rambling Road Culvert Replacement, Amherst
Setting 30-Ton Box Culvert 24’ wide by 7’ rise for Rambling RoadCulvert Replacement – an integral part of a very pleasing struc-ture. q
