Pinellas County Public Works

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Pinellas County Public Works
Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacements
Project Presentation August 2007
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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacements
Existing Belleair Causeway Bridge
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Belleair Beach CausewayIntracoastal Drawbridge -
Relief Bridge Park
Boat Ramp Park
Intracoastal Drawbridge
Relief Bridge
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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacements
Owner Pinellas County Designer HDR
Engineering CEI Consultant ECDriver and
Associates HDR CEI Omni
Communications Tierra Geotechnical
Contractor Johnson Brothers Misener Marine
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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacements
Cost 72.3 Million Funds by
Penny for Pinellas - 38.3 Million
Federal Grant - 34 Million Design Life
75 years Notice to Proceed March 29,
2007 Construction Time 2 ½
years Estimated Completion Autumn 2009
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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacements
65-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
10-0 SHDR
12-0 LANE
8-0 SDWK
PED/ BICYCLE RAILING
12-0 LANE
10-0 SHDR
8-0 SDWK
PED/ BICYCLE RAILING
3-6
18-6
21-0
18-6
3-0
3-0
Cross Section Over Park Area
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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacements
Bridge Features Vertical Clearance 75
Feet Horizontal clearance 100 Feet
Lanes Two 12-Foot Lanes Shoulders Two
10-Foot Lanes Bicycle lanes Two 5 -Foot
Lanes Sidewalks Two 8-Foot Sidewalks
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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacements

• Effects on Area Residents
• All Lanes Open During Evacuation
• Two - Lane Traffic Maintained
• One - Lane Closures Intermittently
• 900 AM 400 PM Monday Friday
• Boat Ramp/Park Closed
• Beach Closed to Windsurfers Fishermen
• Construction Hours 700 AM 530 PM
• Occasional Work on Saturdays

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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacements
Park Reconstruction New Entrance-Exit at the
East End of the Park 109 34 Feet long Trailer
Spaces 98 Single Car Parking spaces New Public
Restroom-Bait House -Concession Building
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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge ReplacementsPark
Rendering
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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacements
Drill Shaft Auger
Drill Shaft Driller
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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacements
Column Formwork
Drilled Shaft
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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacements
Piers Looking West
Piers Looking East
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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacements
MSE Wall
MSE Wall
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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge ReplacementsBridge
Construction Progress

• Relief Bridge
• Eight 36 in. Shafts for Northern Half
• Main Channel Bridge
• Four 60 Inch Shafts on Water - Pier 16
• Thirty Six 48 Inch Shafts on Land - Piers 21
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• Ten Footings - Piers 21 -31
• Twenty Six Columns - Piers 21 31Six Pier
  Caps - Piers 26 31
• End bent Cap 32

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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge ReplacementsRoadwa
y Progress

• Temporary Roadway Completed
• Roadway South Side of W. Bay on Belleair Bluffs
• Storm Drain
• Sidewalk
• Driveways
• Road Widening
• Curb and Gutter
• New Roadway

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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge ReplacementsRetain
ing Walls and Art Pedestal Foundations

• Retaining Walls
• 25 of Walls for New Boat Ramp Entrance
• Completing Steel Sheetpile at West End of Main
  Channel Bridge
• Art Pedestal Foundations
• East End Foundation

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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacements

• Original Contract Time 912 days
• Current Contract Time 916 days
• Contract Day (today) 120 days
• Contract Completion Date Sept. 29, 2009
• Original contract Amount 72,219,244
• Actual Earnings 13,369,235

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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge ReplacementsCommun
ications Outreach

• Website
• Newsletter
• Direct Communication with Officials
• Road Signs - Variable Message Boards
• Press Releases Media Coverage

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Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacements
Project Website www.belleairbeachcauseway.com/welc
ome.htm
Project Hotline [phone]
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