CTS Assists in Planning & Engineering Demolition of the Arlington Memorial Bridge
CTS was recently featured on the cover of the latest issue of CSDA's Concrete Openings Magazine. The article covers CTS contract work performed on the historic Arlington Memorial Bridge which spans the Potomac river and connects the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.The bridge has been operational since 1932 and had been undergoing temporary repairs to the deteriorating deck and roadway for several years. Despite the National Parks Services repair efforts, structural analysis by the Federal Highway Administration showed that if complete deck and a framing replacement was not performed, the bridge would need to be closed by 2021. With over 68,000 vehicles utilizing the crossing daily, closure of…