National Movable Bridge Seminar
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Busch Campus Center, Busch Campus
Rutgers University, New Jersey

Session One 1, Moderator: Helene Cook, FHWA

1.         Bridge Type Studies For The New Wittpenn Vertical Lift Bridge              8:45 – 9:10

Bruce K. Riegel, NJDOT

Lynne M. Baumann, Marcos P. Loizias, and Dayi Wang, Jacobs Civil Inc

2.         Good and Poor Engineering Practices in Bascule Design                           9:10– 9:35

Thomas Cherukara, FDOT

3.         Beaver Dam Road and Mantoloking Road Bridges                                   9:35– 10:00

Arthur Linfante, Jr., HNTB Corporation

Coffee Break& Exhibit                                                                                  10:00-10:30

4.         Lift-Slide Drawbridge                                                                                    10:30–10:50

Rex J. King, Jr., King & Associates LLC

5.         Replacement of the Third Avenue Swing Bridge over the Harlem River   10:50–11:10

Sean A. Bluni and Paul J. Connolly, Hardesty & Hanover, LLP

              6.         Inspection, Assessment and Repair of Movable Bridges for Local Authorities Using a System Approach                                                                                                                        11:10–11:30

Steven A. Shaup, Lichtenstein Consulting Engineers

7.         Rehabilitation of the Historic Bridge of Lions                                             11:30– 11:50

Alan Klevens, Lichtenstein Consulting Engineers, Inc

 Lunch            Speaker: Mr. Robert Healy ,MD State Highway Admin        12:00 - 1:30

 

Session Two 2, Moderator: Harry Capers, NJDOT

8.         Foundation Strengthening of Bascule Piers at the Bridge of Lions            1:30– 1:50

Jian Huang and G. Alan Klevens, Lichtenstein Consulting Engineers

9.         Rehabilitation of the Great Channel Bridge                                                1:50 – 2:10

Rama Krishnagiri, Joseph Mumber, Samih Fawzy, Parsons Brinckerhoff

Dale Foster, Cape May County

10.       Movable Bridge Maintenance Strategies                                                    2:10 – 2:30

            Peter J. Davis, Bergmann Associates

11.       Replacement of the Route 7 Bridge over the Passaic River                      2:30 – 2:50

Harry A. Capers Jr, NJDOT

Glen E. Schetelich, Andrew C. Coates, Cortney D. Hann, Hardesty & Hanover, LLP

Coffee Break & Exhibit                                                                                3:00 – 4:00

            Adjourn                                                                                                                       4:00

Please send comments, questions, and suggestions regarding this workshop to: Dr. Hani H. Nassif