Skagway Dyea Road Bridge Replacement

Location:  Dyea Road Bridge #309 (Taiya River Bridge), Skagway, Alaska

Owner:  State of Alaska – DOT & PF

 Project Manager:  Mike Sturrock

Scope of Work:  Perform structural steel repairs and replacements; install new treated timbers to new structural steel;  install untreated timbers over the treated timbers; install new bridge railings and bull rail all whilst allowing pedestrian traffic to continue to access the project.  Shuttle services were also provided for those individuals living on the residential side of this bridge.  Provisions for heated storage of emergency services vehicles were also provided.

 

 Project Timeline:  October 1, 2011 through November 30, 2011

Environmental protections installed during construction to prevent debris from reaching the waterIron workers working on replacing structural steel members of bridgeWorkers installing shear plates through the treated deckingWoring on one of the last bays of the bridge for the project before the untreated decking is installedNearly completed with the untreated decking layer for the driving surface of the bridge