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Randall Ave/Edgely Bridge Updates

A Community Meeting was held on January 23, 2024 to provide updates and information of the ongoing efforts Bristol Township, along with elected officials have taken over the last year concerning the Randall Avenue Bridge (Edgely Bridge). The meeting was a hybrid of in person and virtual. Click here for a link to watch/hear the meeting. Additionally, click here for a detailed timeline of the ongoing efforts by the Township and Township Consulting Engineer.

 

On February 6, 2024, the Township and our Engineer's meet with Amtrak and our prospective contractor. We were able to get out under the bridge with Amtrak and the contractor. Prospective contractor has to submit the means and methods of the work to remove the concrete the steel bridge is encased in and to install the wood decking so we can then determine/estimate a contract and outage/times for the work to be completed.

 

May 20, 2024 Update: Amtrak, Bristol Township and Gilmore Associates, Inc. (GA) have entered into a Construction Agreement for the work necessary on the bridge. Haines and Kibblehouse (contractor working for the Township H&K) and Amtrak have been corresponding on final concerns. The hope is to have all construction details finalized and approved and work to begin mid-June. Senator Steve Santarsiero and Representative Tina Davis assisted Bristol Township in receiving an additional $2 million. This funding will be used to complete the abutment work. Once all work has been completed, PennDOT will need to sign off and approve the bridge to reopen.

 

June 20, 2024 Update: We have an executed agreement with H&K. H&K’s total contract amount increased to $1,085,260.00. The project was originally planned to start June 21st and was pushed back a week from Amtrak to now begin Friday, June 28th.

 

Project Schedule 

6/21/24 to 6/24/24 – 55-Hour Outage on Track 4 with nighttime outage on Track 3 - Canceled

6/28/24 to 7/1/24 – 55 Hour Outage on Track 3 with nighttime outage on Track 2

7/12/24 to 7/15/24 – 55 Hour Outage on Track 2 with nighttime outage on Track 3

7/26/24 to 7/29/24 – 55 Hour Outage on Track 1 with nighttime outage on Track 2

 

The project has gone back to using hi rail equipment for some of the work. H&K has their hi rail inspection scheduled for June 26th. H&K is planning to mobilize today and start setting up the construction laydown areas today and tomorrow (6/20 & 6/21). They plan to use a portion of Pitt Ave that is closed and will set up temporary chain link fence with a lock to secure all materials/equipment.

 

GA is finalizing the abutment project bid and details, should be completed early July and then GA will solicit bids for this work.

 

The bridge work, with no delays to the schedule should be completed by the end of July. If the abutments are ready for work, then (contract awarded), this work could start as early as July/August and is estimated to take 3 months. The abutments are what required the 3.5-ton limit and there is discussion with the work being done, that that may be able to be increased once completed. Our police department was advised we will need truck enforcement for the bridge to enforce whatever weight limit there is while we continue to work on design and funding for a full bridge replacement.

 

June 27, 2024 Update: The project is now set to start on July 12, 2024 (pushed from 6/28 start). Amtrak experienced heat related ET (electric traction) infrastructure issues along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) during the week of June 17th-June 21st. Amtrak ET manpower resources have been shifted towards maintenance in anticipation of the heavy travel week before, during, and after the Fourth of July holiday week/weekend.

 

July 12, 2024 Update: The project is now set to start Friday, July 19, 2024. This date was pushed back by Amtrak.

 

July 24, 2024 Update: Work commenced on the bridge the weekend of July 19th. Demolition of the concrete began. Concrete demo went slower than expected due to steel wires running through and adjacent to the floorbeams of the bridge under the concrete encasement. These wires were unknown to us prior to the Contractor beginning to remove the concrete and required extra time to complete the demo work as they had to demo around these steel wires. The work is scheduled to resume this Friday, July 26-28.

 

August 23, 2024 Update: Work continues on the concrete removal, decking installation and encasement on the Randall Avenue Bridge. This work will continue on weekends through September. The abutment specifications are out for bidding. Once awarded, work will begin during the daytime hours. The goal is to reopen the bridge by the end of 2024.

 

October 3, 2024 Update: The work for Phase I for the removal of the concrete encasement from the steel girders and floorbeams and installing timber shielding within the bays above the track areas completed this past weekend on Sunday, September 29, 2024.  The Township still has to repair the abutments, now Phase II. This includes abutment repairs, bearing replacements, and repair of the potholes exposing the joint steel at the transitions. We anticipate issuing the updated plans, specs, and contract documents to our list of interested contractors within the next week or so and hope to receive proposals by the end of October/early November in order to begin Phase II work before the end of the year.

 

November 20, 2024 Update: Bids were received for Phase II earlier this month. The bid award is on the November 21st Council meeting agenda for award subject to Loftus Construction, Inc. subject to verification that they meet the requirements of the Ordinance during a 30-day public review period commencing from November 4, 2024. Township Engineers, Loftus and Amtrak all have been working on finalizing the plans for the Phase II work and once work is ready to commence, we will provide an additional update.

 

Updates, as they continue to produce outcomes will be provided on this page. You may reach out to the Township Manager, Ms. Randee Mazur if more information is requested than provided at either 267-812-2914 or rmazur@bristoltownship.org.


 

2501 Bath Road | Bristol, PA  19007 | BUCKS COUNTY | Phone: 215-785-0500


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