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

Andrea.stevenson@dot.state.oh.us

Tim Keller, Administrator

Office of Structural Engineering

614-466-2463

Tim.keller@dot.state.oh.us

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Questions

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