Pulaski Skyway to close to NY Bound traffic for two years starting in 2014

[roadman65]

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/09/port_authority_facing_federal_probe_into_diversion.html#incart_2box_nj-homepage-featured

This here is a story I find interesting.  To all of you who want to see Christie out of the race, you will probably enjoy this one here.  That toll money crossing the Hudson is going to fund other road projects just like PA doing the same with Turnpike tolls.

[longhorn]

So any word when the bridge will be completed? From driving by it last week not much as changed in two years.

[SteveG1988]

So any word when the bridge will be completed? From driving by it last week not much as changed in two years.

They keep finding things wrong that add time to the project. they've shifted from one side to the other for repaving.

http://www.nj.com/traffic/index.ssf/2017/04/a_bridge_too_late_a_pulaski_skyway_timeline_1.html

Now they want to replace retaining walls, so 2018 reopening. Hey, best time to do it is when stuff is closed

[DeaconG]

So any word when the bridge will be completed? From driving by it last week not much as changed in two years.

http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/roads/pulaski/
Spring 2018, apparently.

[Alps]

http://www.nj.com/traffic/index.ssf/2018/06/at_last_dot_commits_to_skyway_reopening_date_but_i.html
July 2nd.

[SteveG1988]

Opened June 30th.

[NoGoodNamesAvailable]

Drove northbound over the skyway last week. Smooth concrete roadway, and it feels safer (probably because it's not visibly crumbling away anymore). The median has a metallic-looking jersey barrier that I've never seen before.

Awfully long time for what most people will only notice as repainted guide rail and new surfacing, but I'm sure there was more structural work behind the scenes.

[cl94]

Drove northbound over the skyway last week. Smooth concrete roadway, and it feels safer (probably because it's not visibly crumbling away anymore). The median has a metallic-looking jersey barrier that I've never seen before.

Awfully long time for what most people will only notice as repainted guide rail and new surfacing, but I'm sure there was more structural work behind the scenes.

TON of structural work. They basically rebuilt a lot of it. Completely new deck. The median barrier is lightweight to reduce stress on the structure.

[SignBridge]

I can remember a time as a young kid in the 1950's when the Skyway had no divider. Just double white lines.

[Alps]

Drove northbound over the skyway last week. Smooth concrete roadway, and it feels safer (probably because it's not visibly crumbling away anymore). The median has a metallic-looking jersey barrier that I've never seen before.

Awfully long time for what most people will only notice as repainted guide rail and new surfacing, but I'm sure there was more structural work behind the scenes.

To piggyback on the post following yours, the metal barrier has been used to retrofit some NYC area bridges to save weight as well, or to add a barrier to a bridge that didn't have one (in concert with trimming weight elsewhere).

[02 Park Ave]

From what metal are these barriers fabricated?

[cl94]

Drove northbound over the skyway last week. Smooth concrete roadway, and it feels safer (probably because it's not visibly crumbling away anymore). The median has a metallic-looking jersey barrier that I've never seen before.

Awfully long time for what most people will only notice as repainted guide rail and new surfacing, but I'm sure there was more structural work behind the scenes.

To piggyback on the post following yours, the metal barrier has been used to retrofit some NYC area bridges to save weight as well, or to add a barrier to a bridge that didn't have one (in concert with trimming weight elsewhere).

Yeah, they're doing the same on the Castleton Bridge as we speak. That WAS the only undivided 65 MPH road in New York.

From what metal are these barriers fabricated?

Alps can probably answer this better than I can, but I'm assuming aluminum or lightweight steel. I know from my time building small bridges with ASCE that there are a few types of steel that, while expensive, are insanely light without losing strength.

[02 Park Ave]

Are they CRES?  If not, how is oxidation handled?