Fay, S&B USA Construction won a $39 million Pennsylvania Department of Transportation contract to replace a single-lane bridge in Fayette County, Pennsylvania that has reached the end of its useful life due to age and corrosion. The project will replace the Layton Bridge, a 17-span steel Pratt Truss bridge over the Youghiogheny River with a modern two-lane, three-span composite steel I-girder bridge.
Fay, a Pittsburgh-based company specializing in heavy civil infrastructure projects in the Mid-Atlantic region, will also perform additional bridge, road and safety improvements in Perry Township and Perryopolis Borough in Fayette County.
Fay says the project will improve safety, reliability and mobility for residents, school transportation, first responders and pedestrians.
“This project is a critical investment in the safety and mobility of Fayette County,” Bryan Frye, Fay’s project executive, said in a statement. “Our team is proud to partner with PennDOT to replace this aging structure with modern infrastructure that will serve the community for generations. Fay brings extensive bridge construction experience, disciplined execution and a strong safety record to deliver this work efficiently while minimizing impacts to the traveling public.”
Built in 1899, the Layton Bridge was originally designed as a railroad crossing and carries only one lane of traffic. Fay will build the new bridge about 200 feet southeast of the current structure. Fay’s crews will build from a temporary trestle, which is a work platform that spans the Youghiogheny River and is capable of supporting multiple cranes. Fay says this approach will allow PennDOT to keep the current bridge and tunnel open for most of the construction and avoid a 17.5-mile detour.
After the bridge and road realignment is complete, Fay will close and seal the Layton Tunnel, which will no longer align with the new Layton Road alignment.
Fay is also one of four contractors currently building six new interstate bridges as part of the PennDOT Major Bridges P3 program, the largest clustered bridge project delivered in the US under a public-private partnership agreement.
