2024-11-15T05:14:38-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150327111/skanska-to-lead-150-million-williamsburg-bridge-overhaul Josh Niland 2022-10-17T11:53:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d1/d13bfe943c2818271ae1a72dfd778f95.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The New York City Department of Transportation has selected Swedish construction concern <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/548318/skanska" target="_blank">Skanska</a> to lead a $150 million rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Williamsburg Bridge, the city and firm announced last week.&nbsp;</p> <p>According to Skanska, the project will include &ldquo;structural steel repairs throughout the bridge superstructure, inclusive of floor beam repairs, a transit hanger retrofit and temporary jacking system, gusset plate repairs, truss bottom chord repairs, top and bottom lateral bracing strengthening, overhead truss diagonal replacements, intermediate towers repairs and transit stringer repairs.&rdquo;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d8/d85a25332aff687086e0f823c6a73a27.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d8/d85a25332aff687086e0f823c6a73a27.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150304237/the-brooklyn-bridge-s-infrastructure-improvements-are-kickstarting-a-renaissance-for-bicycling" target="_blank">The Brooklyn Bridge&rsquo;s infrastructure improvements are kickstarting a renaissance for bicycling</a></figcaption></figure><p>The 119-year-old span has been rehabilitated several times throughout its history, including most famously a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WNDAz4SQCM" target="_blank">miraculous $250 million effort</a> in 1988. Skanska's work will be funded in part by the Biden Administration&rsquo;s newly-announced first round of <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/biden-harris-administration-announces-bipartisan-infrastructure-laws-first-bridge" target="_blank">Bridge Investment ...</a></p>