Project Overview
Collins was recently selected by MassDOT to lead the design of a superstructure replacement for the bridge carrying State Route 116 (Chicopee Street), over the CSX/Boston and Maine Railroad (BMRR). The project scope includes replacing the deficient steel girders and floor beams, plus upgrading the bridge cross-section to provide modern roadway safety, pedestrian, and bicycle facilities.
Collins will be providing project management, structural, highway, traffic, environmental, geotechnical, and survey design services for this assignment commencing this year.
Design services to be provided include:
– Preliminary structure report
– Geotechnical report
– Bridge type selection worksheet
– Sketch plans
– Field survey and base plan
– Traffic counts
– Design justification workbook
– Horizontal alignment report
– Preliminary right-of-way plans
– Initial contract time determination
– Early environmental coordination checklist
– Preliminary utility coordination and colored utility plans
– Police crash reports
– Functional design report