11th Street Bridge Project More Than 25 Percent Complete DC 295 Pedestrian Bridge Reopens More than 30 community children helped DDOand other District and ederal agency partners reopen the pedestrian bridge over DC 295 on Au- gust 13, restoring an important link between Anacostia High School and the Anacostia Pool/Fitness Center . Completion othe new bridge marked another milestone in the 11th Street Bridge Project’s progress and DDO’s efforts to minimize the proj- ect’s impact on residents. With the bridge open, DDOended temporary shuttle service it provided throughout the summer carrying local children between the school and the pool/fitness center where they swam and participated in summer jobs and eeding programs. “We appreciate the community’s un- derstanding during the work and are very proud to have successully mini- mized its impacts, by providing shuttl e service and partnering with other Dis- trict agencies and the community to help keep children sae this summer,” N ine months into construc- tion, the 11th Street Bridge Project is more than a quar- ter othe way done and con- tinues to minimize impacts on residents, motorists and other important stake- holders. o date the project has logged our im- portant milestones: ■ drivin g othe 63 ho llow , concrete bridge piles in the Anacostia River ■ reloca tion o the Anac ostia Co mmu- nity Boathouse Association; ■ abando ning a 96 -inch sew er pipe t o allow widening oDC 295 and con- struction onew connecting ramps ■ recon structi on o the pedestri an bridge over DC 295 between the Anacostia High School and Anacostia Pool/Fitness C enter . While these milestones have garnered the most public attention, they are just part othe project work that has been done, some plainly visible to passersby, some not, but all oit critically important to project completion and success to date. Project work can generally be broken into the three areas: in the river, north- west othe river and southeast othe river. In the River Once river pile driving work got un- derway in January, crews worked extend- ed days and sometimes seven days a week to get all the piles in place by the end ospring. Since part othis work was done during the annual fish migration period, DDOdid extensive monitoring and implement ed mitigation efforts to ensure spawning was not adversely impacted. With all the river piles driven by the end oMay, workers began orming 12 piers or the new 11th Street bridges. First steps in the process included trimming the top oeach pile to the ap- propriate height and filling the hollow center with concrete and stone to make them more rigid. Eleventh Street LedgerTHE NEWSLETTER OF THE 11TH STREET BRIDGE PROJECT FALL 201 0 1301 M St. SE • Washington DC 20003 • 202.484.2300 • www.ddot.dc.gov/11thStreetBridge Shown are four of the 12 piers being constructed in the Anacostia River to support the three new 11th Street Bridges. Contractor s reopen the DC 295 pedes- trian Bridge to community children. Continued on page 3 Continued on page 2
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More than 30 community childrehelped DDO and other District anederal agency partners reopen th
pedestrian bridge over DC 295 on Agust 13, restoring an important linbetween Anacostia High School anthe Anacostia Pool/Fitness Center.
Completion o the new bridgmarked another milestone in the 11tStreet Bridge Project’s progress anDDO’s eorts to minimize the proect’s impact on residents.
With the bridge open, DDO endetemporary shuttle service it providethroughout the summer carrying locchildren between the school and th
pool/tness center where they swamand participated in summer jobs aneeding programs.
“We appreciate the community’s uderstanding during the work and ar
very proud to have successully minmized its impacts, by providing shuttservice and partnering with other Dtrict agencies and the community thelp keep children sae this summe
Nine months into construc-tion, the 11th Street Bridge
Project is more than a quar-ter o the way done and con-tinues to minimize impacts on residents,motorists and other important stake-holders.
o date the project has logged our im-portant milestones:
■ driving o the 63 hollow, concretebridge piles in the Anacostia River
■ relocation o the Anacostia Commu-nity Boathouse Association;
■ abandoning a 96-inch sewer pipe to
allow widening o DC 295 and con-struction o new connecting ramps
■ reconstruction o the pedestrianbridge over DC 295 between theAnacostia High School and AnacostiaPool/Fitness Center.
While these milestones have garneredthe most public attention, they are justpart o the project work that has beendone, some plainly visible to passersby,
some not, but all o it critically importantto project completion and success to date.
Project work can generally be brokeninto the three areas: in the river, north-west o the river and southeast o theriver.
In the RiverOnce river pile driving work got un-
derway in January, crews worked extend-ed days and sometimes seven days a week to get all the piles in place by the end o spring. Since part o this work was doneduring the annual sh migration period,DDO did extensive monitoring and
implemented mitigation eorts to ensurespawning was not adversely impacted.
With all the river piles driven by theend o May, workers began orming 12piers or the new 11th Street bridges.
First steps in the process includedtrimming the top o each pile to the ap-propriate height and lling the hollowcenter with concrete and stone to makethem more rigid.
Eleventh Street Ledger
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE 11TH STREET BRIDGE PROJECT FALL 20
1301 M St. SE • Washington DC 20003 • 202.484.2300 • www.ddot.dc.gov/11thStreetBridge
Shown are four of the 12 piers being constructed in the Anacostia River to support the
three new 11th Street Bridges.
Contractors reopen the DC 295 pedes-
trian Bridge to community children.
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In July, the 11th Street Bridge Projectachieved the critical step o relocatingthe Anacostia Community Boathouse
Association and demolishing the orga-nization’s old home between the existingbridges.
DDO and the Deputy Mayor’s Oceon Planning and Economic Develop-ment (DMPED) worked with ACBA oralmost ve years to nd it a suitable newhome at 1900 M Street SE.
“Te ACBA relocation should be amodel or how government agencies cancollaborate with local stakeholders tomitigate and minimize project impactswhile addressing critical transportationneeds,” said Jennier Ney, ACBA presi-dent in a letter o appreciation to DDODirector Gabe Klein. “I want to personal-ly thank you [Director Klein], Greer [Gil-lis], Bart [Clark] and your entire team orall o the time, attention and support youhave given to the Anacostia Community Boathouse over the last several years.”
“Our members are thrilled with our newacility and the potential it oers,” sheadded.
Trough their work, Mrs. Gillis,
DDO’s Deputy Chie Engineer; Mr.Clark, the outgoing 11th Street ProjectManager; and DMPED’s Michael Dursoealso aided the District’s larger eorts im-
proving the riverront.As late as December, ACBA’s new home
was an overgrown, polluted and aban-doned marine ueling station.
o restore the site, contractors per-ormed soil remediation, river dredging,
shoreline grading, drainage improve-ments and landscaping.Tey also installed two new two large
building structures, a retaining wall park-
ing lot, docks, encing, and bathroom anshower trailers – all without disruptinACBA operations.
Te site incorporates a range o sutainable development eatures, includinporous pavements, bio-swales and a tid
wetland all consistent with overall Ancostia Waterront Initiative goals.
Bridge ReopensContinued from Page1
Shown is part of Anacostia Community Boathouse Association’s new 1900 M Street SE
home.
said DDO Director Gabe Klein.Troughout the closure, DDO coordi-
nated with the National Park Service.
“We have been working closely withDDO to improve sae access not only tothe Anacostia Recreation Center but toAnacostia Park. I’m delighted that we wereable to accomplish this milestone duringthis summer season or all communitiesand visitors to enjoy the park and all therecreational opportunities we have to o-er!” said Alex Romero, Superintendent o National Capital Parks-East, a unit o the
National Park Service.In addition, DDO worked with the
Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)
to increase patrols near I-295/DC 295 andalso asked ocers, pool/tness center sta and the community at large to talk to chil-dren about the dangers o trying to crossthe highway on-oot.
“Tis was a great collaboration betweenDDO, the Department o Parks and Rec-reation, MPD, NPS and the contractors tomake this a success,” said Wallace Perry,DPR’s director o the Roving Leaders Out-
reach Program at the Anacostia FitnCenter. “It all has been a win-win oeryone – the children, their amilies
the community.”Te bridge was closed or demoli
and reconstruction in January to alwidening o DC 295 and constructioconnecting ramps to the new 11th StBridges.
o view a video or more photos o opening on the internet, go to http://wyoutube.com/ddotvideos or http://wacebook.com/DDODC
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Next, workers set to constructingstruts to connect the piles just above thewaterline and caps to urther connectthem on top and allow placement o the
bridge’s structural steel.By the end o August, crews construct-
ed the our piers or the new inboundreeway bridge and set to work buildingthe piers or the outbound bridge.
Plans call or the rst structural steelbeams or the bridges to be put in placethis all so trac can be shifed onto thetwo new reeway bridges in Fall 2011.
Southeast of the RiverOn the rst day o construction in De-
cember, crews began moving vegetationand earth to allow or the widening o DC 295/I-295 and the building o newconnecting ramps to the new bridges.
Upon demolition o the pedestrianbridge and completion o some drainageimprovements, trac was shifed to itscurrent alignment.
Excavation, landside pile driving andconcrete oundation work is well under-way on support structures or some o the connecting ramps.
New oundations, columns, caps and
retaining-wall structures or the new el-evated portions o southbound DC295rise up almost every week, with steelbeams set to start connecting the struc-tures this all.
And, work visibly continues to in-crease between the existing bridges, thehighway and the river, as crews orgeahead in building the abutments, or
touch-down points or the new bridgesin Anacostia Park.
Northeast of the RiverPrior to June work northeast o the
river was generally limited to prepara-tory work cleaning and surveying stormwater drains and relocating ACBA. Sincethen, work continues to ramp up daily.
With ACBA relocated, their buildingswere removed and oundation work be-
gan or new bridge abutments north o the river as well.Crews continue to demolish portions
o existing connecting ramps betweenthe bridges and the Southeast Freeway to construct new ramps in their place,with such work increasing in the monthsahead.
On July 30, 11th Street Bridge ProjeManager Barton Clark retired rom thDistrict Department o ransportatio
During his three-and-a-hal yeaat DDO, Mr. Clark led the projethrough planning, completion o thederally-required Environmental Impact Statement process, contract solictation and award, and the early stages construction.
“Bart’s dedication and contributionthe 11th Street Bridge Project were innumerable and the project’s success date is due impart to his leadershipsaid Gabe Klein, DDO Director.
“We thank him or all that he’s a
complished and wish him a very happretirement.”Mr. Clark’s DDO successor on th
bridge project is Said Cheri.
DDOT Director Gabe Klein, and senior
staff honor Barton Clark, pictured with
signed hard hat, on his retirement.
Workers build new elevated portions of
southbound DC295 next to the existing
highway
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to own a construction company workingon projects like the 11th Street BridgeProject.
oday, through the District’s appren-ticeship program, the 46-year-old Ward7 resident is working toward that goal by learning to be a journeyman carpenter onthe 11th Street Bridge Project.
“I’m really appreciative o DDO andSkanska-Facchina or giving me this op-portunity,” he said. “I’m learning all as-pects o bridge building.”
Mr. Bush is one o ve people similarly employed by design-builder Skanska-Fac-china in various training positions on theproject.
o date, the joint venture and DDO
have identied 15 training positions orwhich they are seeking candidates.
For more inormation on how to getinvolved with DDO’s workorce trainingprograms, contact Linda Fennell at [email protected] or (202) 645-8620.
Skanska-Facchina also accepts walk-inemployment inquiries every Friday rom1 to 3 p.m. at the project oce at 1301 M.Street SE, Washington DC 2003.
For more inormation on 11th StreetBridge Project employment and vendoropportunities, contact Nyime Brown [email protected] or 202-484-2330, ext. 162.