Preferred bidder chosen for Ohio's Innerbelt Bridge DBFhttp://infrapppworld.com/companies/urs-corporation
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) announced on Sept. 13th, that Trumbull Corporation, The Great Lakes Construction Company, & The Ruhlin Company (TGR) along with designer URS Corporation are the apparent winning team for the design, build and finance of the demolition of the existing 1959 Innerbelt Bridge and construction a new eastbound structure in its place.
The total bid amount for the project came in at $272,986,001. The project includes the
ODOT is in the midst of replacing the 1950s era bridge with two, new bridges. The first will carry westbound traffic and the second will carry eastbound traffic. The westbound structure is under construction now and expected to be open to traffic this fall.
Three teams were chosen in February to compete for this historic project.
Demolition of the existing, 1959 Innerbelt Bridge is expected to begin this fall, immediately after completion of the new westbound bridge. The new westbound bridge will temporarily carry traffic in both directions until completion of the new eastbound structure, in the fall of 2016.
Source: Ohio DOT
