| May 1, 2007
 (Harrisburg, Pa.) The Narrows Bridge won the Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD), Susquehanna Chapter Award in the Rehabilitated Bridge category. The ABCD award recognizes the Narrows Bridge for its technical merit, aesthetics, innovation, and construction technique.
Located in Bedford County, Pa., the Narrows Bridge carries U.S. Route 30 (Lincoln Highway) over the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River. Constructed in 1935, the bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is part of the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor.
In recent years, the Narrows Bridge began to deteriorate and could no longer sustain high traffic volumes in the corridor. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation engaged Gannett Fleming, an international planning, design, and construction management firm, to perform preliminary and final engineering for the five-lane widening and rehabilitation of the historic bridge.
The Narrows Bridge Rehabilitation effort included the design of a new five-span, prestressed concrete bridge built adjacent to the existing Narrows Bridge to carry traffic during construction. As a result of the project, the rehabilitated structure carries two lanes of westbound traffic and a turning lane, while the new structure carries eastbound traffic. The rehabilitation effort required replacing the deck, floorbeams, and spandrel columns, while retaining the historic arch ribs and substructure elements of the original bridge.
For more information, please contact Judy L. Hricak, CPSM, at
(717) 763-7211 or via e-mail.
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