Improving safety and reliability, the Long Island Rail Road completed replacement of two 124-year-old bridges in East Hampton on time, raising their heights to reduce truck strikes.
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Battling the elements on days with strong winds and rain, Long Island Rail Road crews at the Accabonac Road/North Main Street Bridges project are roaring ahead, on schedule and on budget, to have both bridges installed this month.
Bridge replacement work at Accabonac Road in East Hampton has kicked into high gear following a track outage in the wee hours of October 15th and the delivery of large bridge components via barge through the Shinnecock Inlet. The new Accabonac Road Bridge was delivered to the site the night of October 21st; the North Main Street Bridge will be delivered to the site as the team gets closer to its installation date.
In the final stretch of work, Long Island Rail Road crews starting today will replace two 124-year-old bridges in East Hampton. The Accabonac Road and North Main Street Bridges, separated by about 500 feet, were constructed in 1895: The North Main Street Bridge is the westernmost bridge and currently has…
South Retaining Wall LIRR crews have completed constructing three of the four retaining walls required to raise the tracks at the Accabonac Road Bridge in East Hampton. This work is being done in preparation to replace the two bridges, which were constructed 125 years ago in 1895 along the Montauk…
Construction continues to progress at the Accabonac Road/North Main Street Bridges replacement project, which comprises two entire bridge replacements, raising them higher by a few feet to reduce or eliminate truck strikes. The brand-new bridges are under construction in a factory in Pennsylvania and, once finished, will be shipped from…
Massive new concrete and steel columns have been constructed to support the structure that will accommodate the beginning of the Third Track at the South Tyson Avenue Bridge modification project. The track, adjacent to the Hempstead branch, will be diverted to the Main Line via a switch and will continue…
Construction is set to begin in early February 2019 at Springfield Boulevard Bridge, which is affiliated with the elevated Queens Village Station. The project is scheduled to commence with closure of the east ends of both platforms at 12:01 AM Monday, February 4 (one minute after midnight) No elevators or…
Construction is underway at the Accabonac Road/North Main Street Bridge Replacements Project. The LIRR is currently constructing the retaining walls on the north and south sides of the bridges. Six-feet diameter caissons, which will be supporting the new bridge spans, will be constructed in early 2019, with bridge removal and…
Construction of retaining walls under the railroad trestles on Accabonac Road and North Main Street in East Hampton Village, which began earlier this month, is expected to continue until spring 2019.
