Our presentation will discuss the design and construction aspects of the major rehabilitation of the approximately mile long viaduct carrying Eastbound NJ 37 over the Barnegat Bay. NJ 37 links the mainland to beach communities in Seaside Heights and is a major evacuation route. Three Eastbound lanes are carried by the 66-span, 60-year old movable bridge. The seasonal construction for this $60 Million rehabilitation includes one of NJ’s largest precast Exodermic decking undertakings, elastomeric and pot bearings, improved traffic lanes, movable bridge safety features, customized resistance barrier gates and warning gates, substructure repair and a major Electrical/Mechanical rehabilitation. The eastern 21 piers suffered major scour damage in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in 2012, and Emergency scour retrofit measures were installed and are performing well.
Rama Krishnagiri is a Senior Supervising Engineer and Senior Technical Associate with WSP, licensed in NJ, PA and NY. For over 35 years he has led many bridge projects for NJDOT, NYDOT, NJTA, PTC, and several counties in NJ, including fixed bridges, complex and movable bridges as well as bridge scour analysis, complex load ratings and design. Rama has presented many technical papers at the International Bridge Conference, World Steel Bridge Alliance Conference, NJDOT/Rutgers Movable Bridge Conference, ABC Conference, Roads and Bridges, NJ Society of PE’s Conference, PE societies and authored articles in Civil Engineering, Roads and Bridges, and ASHE.
Rishi Rishindran is a Supervising Structural Engineer and Senior Technical Principal with WSP. Rishi is licensed in NY and NJ. He has more than 21 years of experience in bridge inspection and bridge design. He has been involved structural task leader several new bridge designs and rehabilitation/replacement design for existing bridges including movable bridges. He is also experienced in complex/movable bridge inspection projects as a team leader and project manager.
George Zimmer has been a structural engineer with WSP for 3 years and has a BS and MS in Civil (Structural) Engineering from Villanova University. He has worked on fixed and movable bridge rehabilitations for NJDOT and other clients and was actively involved in the Construction Phase of the Mathis bridge.
Steve Esposito is a Supervising Structural Engineer and Senior Technical Principal with WSP. Steve is licensed in NJ and completed his BS and MS at Rutgers, with more than 13 years of professional experience. He has a wide range of experience performing design, inspection, and construction services for structures. Steve received the 2016 ASCE NJ young engineer award, the 2017 PESMC young engineer award, is published in the Bridge Structures Journal, and has presented several technical papers for IBC, ABC Conference, NY City Bridge Conference, Ocean County PE Society, Roads and Bridges, and ASHE.
Attendees will be eligible to receive 1 PDH (NJ, PA, and DE; check for eligibility in other states).
5:00 PM – Social Hour 6:00 PM – Dinner 6:45 PM – Meeting Sponsor Presentations 7:00 PM – Presentation 8:00 PM – Closing Remarks and Upcoming Event Announcements
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