Design Services for the Replacement of the Livingston Ave Bridge

This New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) design-build project (Project ID No. 1SRP01, Contract Number D900058) will provide design services as part of a design-build contract replacement of the Livingston Avenue Bridge. The existing bridge spans the Hudson River, connecting the cities of Albany and Rensselaer, New York, by rail and is the only upstate rail crossing of the Hudson River. The existing bridge, which CSX Transportation Inc. (CSX) owns and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) maintains and operates, was constructed in 1901-1903 on a substructure that dates to the 1860s and is nearing the end of its serviceable life. The current service across the bridge includes twelve Amtrak passenger trains and roughly two to six freight trains (Canadian Pacific Railway and CSX) daily.

The proposed design is for a two-track vertical lift bridge that will resemble the existing bridge and will include a multi-use path. The existing bridge will be closed and demolished after the new bridge is operational.

Garg Consulting Services, Inc. (Garg) is providing fire standpipe and approach span superstructure design services for the bridge replacement. Tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Design of superstructures for 4 approach multi-girder spans (2 spans at each approach, #s 1, 2, 6, and 7), including splayed girders (span 1), vertical clearance constraints over Quay Street (span 7), and accommodation of a wye track (spans 1 and 2).
• Load rating of spans per NYSDOT requirements, preparation of framing plans, girder elevations, and girder span plans and details.
• Design of a fire standpipe system to be mounted to the two bridge approach spans, including an underground pipe portion on the east span. Calculation of fill and pressure requirements and design of pipe supports
• Complete Definitive Design (DD) Documents, Interim Design (ID) Documents, Final Design (FD) Documents and Release For Construction (RFC) Documents for the Fire Protection and Structural subsets.