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Project Details

Location

Kittery, ME/Portsmouth, NH, United States

Type of Structure

900-ft. (274.3-meters) highway bridge (3 spans)

Year(s) of Manufacture

2011-2012

Bridge Opening

2013

General Contractor

Archer Western Contractors, une division de Walsh Construction Company

Engineering Firm

HNTB

Owner

New Hampshire Department of Transportation

Products and Services

Fabrication of the steel bridge superstructure (2,730 tons)

3 through truss spans, each measuring 300 ft. (91.4 m) in length, and two 163-ft. (49.7 m) towers for the moveable section of the bridge

Steel structure to replace the approaches to the main bridge

Design-build

Metallizing

Description

Replacement of the Memorial Bridge, a lift bridge over Piscataqua River on U.S. 1 linking Kittery, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

 

Features

This is the fourth major mandate with Walsh Construction Company over the past three years. They have also collaborated with Canam-Bridges for the following projects: Moses Wheeler and Route 34 Flyover bridges in Connecticut, and the Congress Parkway Bridge in Chicago, Illinois.

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