2nd Quarter 2008
Bridges
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Ohmi-Ohdori Bridge, Japan
Dragon Bridge, Vietnam
Sava Bridge, Serbia
Dobrogea, Romania
Forth Road Bridge, Scotland
Boubyan Island, Kuwait
Baku City, Azerbaijan
Joining India
Pedestrian Bridges
Port Mann Bridge, Canada
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, CA
Washington State Bridges
Florida Bridge Inspections
U.S. 64 Bypass Interchange, NC
Old North Road Bridge, NC
Fields Creek Bridge, WV
Huguenot Memorial Bridge, VA
Sikorsky Memorial Bridge, CT
North Adams Bridge, MA
Bear Mountain Bridge, NY
Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, NY
Throgs Neck Bridge, NY
Goethals Bridge, NY/NJ
Secaucus Interchange, NJ
Edison Bridge, NJ
Passaic Avenue Bridge, NJ
Mount Vernon Avenue Bridge, NJ
Bloomfield Avenue Bridge, NJ
Sussex County Bridge K-07, NJ
Rockaway Road Bridge, NJ
 

Mount Vernon Avenue Bridge, NJ

The Berger Group was selected by Morris County to design a replacement for the existing load-restricted Mount Vernon Avenue Bridge over the Passaic River between Chatham in Morris County and Summit in Union County. Constructed in 1906, the existing 107-foot-long bridge is 19 feet wide with two spans of simply supported through girders, floor beams and open-grid decking.

Berger first conducted feasibility and traffic surveys and engaged in community involvement to gather information on the bridge's needs. Based on the findings, Berger prepared the design for the replacement structure, incorporating two 15-foot-wide vehicle lanes and a five-foot-wide sidewalk, as well as improvements to the roadway approaches. The new 103-foot-long simple span was constructed of precast prestressed concrete beams with corrosion inhibitor admixtures in the concrete deck slab.