I t's usually not difficult to tell when repairs are under way at one of New York state's more than 17,000 bridges. If the street signs or workers donning bright orange vests flagging drivers toward alternate routes don't give it away, motorist delays and frustration usually drive the point home. But the state is attempting to ease the pain in certain heavily trafficked areas under a program launched last year that aims to put road and bridge repair work on the fast track, curbing driver inconvenience in the process.

Under Gov. Andrew Cuomo's NY Works initiative, the state's accelerated bridge construction (ABC) program is moving forward. The main goals are to reduce the backlog of what the agency calls "deficient" roads and bridges, many of which are at or nearing the end of their life cycles, and create thousands of jobs. It includes bridge deck and structural replacement or rehabilitation of 121 bridges as well as preservation and treatment of more than 2,000 miles of roadway. Through the state's Drivers First initiative launched last year, the program also demands that contractors keep interference with traffic flow to a minimum and imposes heavy fines for violations.

NYSDOT执行副专员兼首席工程师Phil Eng说：新利18备用网址“我们的目标是迅速将这些项目迅速发展，不仅通过加速设计，而且使用加速的建筑方法。”“在不到六个月的时间里，我们能够探索这些桥梁，将它们设计并迅速将其送给承包商。”

该计划“加速”的主要部分来自纽约工程，该工程建立了一家12亿美元的基础设施银行，该银行燃烧了ABC计划。Nysdot专员Joan McDonald表示，这笔资金是该机构每年16亿美元的年度资本建设预算的基础，使桥梁修复在2012年，2013年或2014年开始，原定于2014年，2015年和2016年。

Of the total bank, $212 million will be used for deck and structural replacement or rehabilitation on the bridges; $250 million will go toward low-cost pavement preservation and pavement treatments; and $687 million will be for transportation projects of statewide or regional significance "that had been delayed due to resource constraints," DOT says.

麦当劳表示，该计划在2011年底的设计建造法律也促进了该计划的推动，该法律允许DOT和其他几个机构在其选项中包括此类采购，并在选择过程中使用“最佳价值”。

麦当劳说，新法律“对部门和行业来说是巨大的胜利。”直到三年内日落的法律一直使用低价采购方法。

在121个桥梁中，该机构计划使用设计建造32；设计出价80；该机构设计建造的专员兼负责人蒂莫西·康威（Timothy Conway）说，以及该机构设计建筑桥计划的专员兼负责人蒂莫西·康威（Timothy Conway）说，以及对剩余的设计建造，设计竞标和设计竞标构建的结合。

Six of the bridges in the program are called "signature," meaning they will cost more and take longer than the others to repair because of their complexity. They include the $145.8-million rehabilitation now under way of the six-lane Patroon Island Bridge that carries 80,000 vehicles a day on Interstate 90 over the Hudson River between Albany and Rennselaer counties.

它还包括该计划中最大的项目布鲁克林和皇后区之间的Kosciuszko桥的5.5亿美元替换。康威说，该两相项目的第一阶段的建议将于12月4日提交。计划在2017年末进行第二阶段。

The design-build Patroon Island project, which began last June and is set for completion in 2016, includes six ramp bridges comprising the I-90 interchange with I-787. The project involves replacing the truss bridge's decks and bearings, repairing steel and painting all the bridges as well as replacing or repairing substructures of the interchange. The concrete deck panels of Patroon and the six bridges will be replaced with lightweight, precast deck panels to speed construction. Fort Miller Group, Schuylerville, N.Y., is supplying the 1,069 precast panels used on the project.

纽约州克拉克斯敦的Halmar International的项目经理Donal Curley表示，这项工作还包括加强钢桁架和子结构。纽约州卡斯尔顿的安东尼建筑公司

康威说，DOT在几个方面仔细检查了GC的出价套餐，包括成本和GC对旅行公众的迅速执行工作的能力，并负责该计划的签名项目。新利18备用网址他说：“这是一项最佳价值的采购，而不是低价，因此承包商必须向我们展示施工过程中会发生多少流量干扰。”康威说，为此，合资企业在夜间和周末进行大部分工作，并关闭坡道有限。

For example, when work begins next year on Patroon's deck and the six interchange bridges, most of it will occur at night with traffic crossed over from one side of the bridge to the other, Curley says. Two lanes of Patroon will be maintained in one direction and one lane in the opposite direction throughout construction. Most of the substructure work will be done underneath the bridge with minimal lane closures on I-90. Lanes will be shifted, but not closed, as needed on I-787 to accommodate work on its ramps.

"We are trying to work in multiple locations sometimes to reduce the overall impact and duration of the project," he adds.