Ohio Bridge Partnership Program
Andrea Stevenson, Administrator Office of Local ProgramsTim Keller, Administrator Office of Structural Engineering
ODOT to Fix Local Bridges
Governor Kasich announced in October 2013 that Ohio will invest $120 million to repair or replace more than 200 county and city-owned bridges over the next three years.
�Ohio has 27,000 bridges, 2nd in the nation after Texas
�Ohio’s bridges are better than national average, but many are waiting for much needed repair
�Objective was to address immediate needs
�Identify quick and effective solutions
�Keep it Simple
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Partnering with Locals
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ODOT, County Engineer’s Association and
Municipalities to invest in Ohio’s local bridges
�CEAO worked closely with Ohio General
Assembly and ODOT to advance program
�Ohio’s Municipalities
�Ohio Contractors Association
�ACEC
�MPOs
Putting it together…
200 plus Bridges in 3 years…WOW that’s FAST!
�EXPECTATION is to deliver safe, quality bridges
with no-nonsense, project delivery to construction
approach
�ODOT-Let, projects will be Design-Build and sold
in packages
�Consultants hired to support effort
�Coordination with locals, MPOs
�Established multi-disciplinary team
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Funding
Eligible bridges funded with 100% federal dollars – no local
match required $120M- Development/Construction of Bridge
Projects
�$110M Construction
�PMC/Preliminary Engineering Contracts - $4.8M
�ROW Acquisition Contracts - $1.4M
�ROW Purchases - $1M
�Construction Administration Contract - $3M
�ODOT Support (design, geo-tech, etc…)
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Going to Construction
2014 Program– 31 Bridges in 10 Contracts valued at $14M
2015 Program– 88 Bridges in 33 Contracts valued at $47.7M
2016 Program– 83 Bridges in 37 Contracts valued at $44.7M
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Bridge Eligibility Criteria
• Structurally Deficient
• Meets Federal Bridge Definition
– (greater that 20 ft.)
• Carries Vehicular Traffic and Open
• Local Maintenance Responsibility
• Not funded by other programs
• Bridge is not historic
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Bridge Selection Criteria
MEETING THESE REQUIREMENTS:
Over 960 County Bridges
AND
Over 150 Municipal Bridges
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Bridge Selection Criteria
Since we did not have funding to replace this
many bridges, ODOT established a ranking
criteria.
Ranking criteria included:
• Bridge Condition
• ADT
• % Legal Load
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Design-Build Scopes
Type of Projects:
• Generally bridge replacements
• Very limited roadway work
• Generally the road will be detoured
• Generally small single span bridges
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Design-Build Scopes
Information that will be supplied:
• Boring Logs will be given.
• Survey Control will be given
• ROW limits will be shown
• Preliminary profile will be shown
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Design-Build Scopes
Type of Bridges:
• Acceptable bridge types will be very open.
• Scopes will generally not mandate a structure
type.
• Some scopes may prohibit a structure type.
• Generally these bridges will be in the
30-60 ft. span range.
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Ohio Bridge Partnership Program
• These bridges still belong to the County and Cities.
• Locals have input in the Scopes.
• Locals will not get “gold plated” projects.
• Some local preferences will be accommodated.
• Target of this program is to remove over 200 structurally deficient bridges in the State.
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Construction
• Initial 30 projects will be completed Fall 2014
• Quick-turnaround on construction
• 2015 & 2016 projects to be filed in late
Winter or early Spring of respective years
• All projects to be constructed by end
of 2016
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Contact Information
Andrea Stevenson, Administrator
Office of Local Programs
614-644-8211
Tim Keller, Administrator
Office of Structural Engineering
614-466-2463
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Questions
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