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8/24/2023
Norfolk Southern Railway yesterday announced it has selected its final engineering structural design teams for the Belt Junction and 80th Street Junction replacements project (EW2) under the Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program.
NS is managing structural design work for a majority of the nearly 100 structures within the project that will require either major rehabilitation or replacement, according to a press release issued by CREATE. Many of the structures — owned by NS, The Belt Railway Co. of Chicago and Metra — were built more than a century ago. The commencement of the work represents a major milestone for CREATE's 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project, NS officials said.
The lead engineering structural design teams for the EW2 project are Parsons as the prime consultant for design packages No. 1 and No. 3; Hanson Inc. as prime consultant for package No. 2; and Gannett Fleming as prime consultant for package No. 4.
"CREATE Project EW2 is one of the nation’s most ambitious bridge replacement projects,” said Ruth Brown, NS' chief engineer of bridges and structures. “Covering nearly 100 structures along a 6-mile stretch of some of the most congested railroads in North America, this is a major undertaking — one that will bridge the divide these structures represented to south side communities for decades as they have approached the end of their useful design life."