Portal North Bridge

Description

The Portal North Bridge Project will replace this outdated and increasingly unreliable structure with a modern, more reliable fixed-span bridge that is much higher over the water, allowing boats to pass underneath without the need to open and close. A new bridge will also permit higher track speeds and increased capacity and save millions of dollars in maintenance costs. In short, the benefits of this project are as follows: Higher clearance for maritime traffic eliminates opening and closing Expansion of horizontal clearance across the river channel to 300 feet More reliable fixed-span reduces maintenance cost Increased NJ TRANSIT passenger capacity via longer and higher capacity trains Reduction of delays that slow down the entire Northeast Corridor

Scope

AEIS has been providing quality control inspection services on this NJTransit Project.

• ACI-certified field and lab personnel have performed concrete cast-in-place, concrete batch plant, reinforced steel inspections, and concrete field sampling and testing.
• AWS-certified welding inspectors have performed structural steel welding inspections.
• ICC-certified structural steel and bolting inspectors have performed high-strength bolting inspections.
• SNT-TC-1A Level II-certified NDT technicians have performed ultrasonic and magnetic particle tests.
• NACE Certified Coating Inspectors have performed Coating Inspections.
• Codes utilized: AWS D1.1, AWS D1.5 and AWS D1.6, AAASHTO, ASTM, ACI