Skanska USA, the U.S. division of the Swedish-based contractor, will rehabilitate the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn, New York, the agency introduced Monday. The New York Metropolis DOT awarded the $167 million contract to Skanska.
The 7,308-foot bridge spans the East River, connecting the Decrease East Facet of Manhattan with Brooklyn. It first opened in 1903 and was the most important suspension bridge on the earth on the time. 4, 18-inch diameter cables weighing 4,344 tons droop the bridge from 310-foot towers. As of 2018, about 105,000 automobiles, 7,000 cyclists, and 5,500 pedestrians crossed the bridge every day.
The mission will embody structural metal repairs equivalent to flooring beams, trusses and intermediate towers. Skanska may even want to interchange modular joints at anchorages and strategy piers, whereas totally changing the bridge’s hearth standpipe system and current bridge asphalt overlay system.
The mission started final month, and can conclude in December 2025.