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    1. Rail
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    New York MTA completes replacement of 10th Avenue Bridge in Mount Vernon

    June 3, 2021
    The reopening of the 10th Avenue Bridge further knits the Mount Vernon downtown area together and marks the public completion of a project that began in March 2019.
    Related To: MTA Metro-North Railroad
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    The 10th Avenue Bridge in downtown Mount Vernon, N.Y., has reopened after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) completed the reconstruction project.

    The bridge is one of six bridges that span Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven Line in downtown Mount Vernon that the MTA is replacing. The reopening of the 10th Avenue Bridge further knits the Mount Vernon downtown area together and marks the public completion of a project that began in March 2019.

    “The completion of this project shows our commitment to being strong partners with Mount Vernon, and improves connectivity to the downtown area,” said Catherine Rinaldi, president of Metro-North Railroad. “MTA will continue to advance bridge replacement projects in the city of Mount Vernon and to provide reliable train service in support of the region’s recovery.”

    The replacement of the bridge was part of a combined $23 million project to replace the 6th Avenue Bridge and 10th Avenue Bridge in the city of Mount Vernon. Funding for the project came from the MTA’s 2015-2019 Capital Program and cost approximately $11.5 million to complete.

    “The MTA is transforming the way we deliver construction projects, so we get work done on time and on budget,” said Janno Lieber, president of MTA Construction & Development. “We are using a broad range of tools, including financial incentives to hold contractors accountable and finding efficiencies by bundling projects that are geographically close. Here at Mount Vernon these new approaches are helping us ensure we can reopen these bridges on the timeframe we promised the community.”

    Construction work included demolishing the old bridge and its road decks and rehabilitating its masonry abutments followed by installing replacement girders and the concrete decks of the bridge. Signal cables

    were also relocated. Additionally, as contractors worked to replace the bridge and install new metal fencing, street lighting and traffic signals, crews also conducted lead abatement and asbestos removal. The contract to replace the bridge was awarded to E.E Cruz, a civil construction contractor based in New York City.

    The 10th Avenue Bridge is one of six bridges the MTA is replacing across the New Haven Line in downtown Mount Vernon. Construction began on the Third Avenue Bridge in April 2020 and is expected to take 18 months to complete. Metro-North reopened the 6th Avenue Bridge ahead of schedule in September 2020. The 14th Street Bridge opened on July 3, 2019, and the Park Avenue/1st Avenue Bridge was replaced in 2011.