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Title: Bridge Rebuilding-Utility Pipeline Adjustments
Author: Sal A. Ardigliano
Source: American Gas Association 1986
Year Published: 1986
Abstract: June 28, 1983, is a day that will long remain in the minds of Connecticut State residents. On that day the Mianus River Bridge on 1-95 in Greenwich, Connecticut, collapsed killing three people. The resulting investigation not only attributed the blame lor this disaster on faulty bridge design but also pointed an accusing finger at the States Department of Transportation inspection procedures. It was obvious to all concerned that the State would soon initiate a bridge replacement program of mammoth proportions, affecting not only residents and visitors to our State but the local utilities with facilities located on these structures. Beginning in March of 1984, the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation instituted the Emergency Bridge Replacement Program. Hundreds of bridges throughout the State were designated for various degrees of maintenance, renovation, and/or replacement. Locations varied from bridges along six-lane highways to structures of two lanes over small creeks on isolated State roadways. The impact on Our distribution system would be severe. Although the Department of Transportation made a conscious effort to stagger their workload throughout the State, there still existed the possibility that several vital parts of our distribution system would be temporarily removed while the bridge structures were demolished and re-built. Needless to say, maintaining Gas Supply to our customers during peak demand periods was foremost in our minds.

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