RFB-UC18-154C - ASHOKAN RAIL TRAIL - BOICEVILLE BRIDGE

The purpose of this Bid is to establish a price from a qualified firm (“Contractor”) to construct a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge in Boiceville, NY (Town of Olive) as part of the creation of the Ashokan Rail Trail, an 11.5-mile pedestrian and bicycle trail from Basin Road in West Hurley, NY (Town of Hurley) to NYS Route 28A in Boiceville. The new bridge structure (approximately 360 feet) spanning the Esopus Creek and the two additional segments of the Ashokan Rail Trail to be completed with the new bridge (the “Project”) are located along Ulster County’s alignment of the former Ulster & Delaware Railroad Corridor on the north shore of the Ashokan Reservoir (the “Ashokan Trail Easement”).
 
The Project will include: construction of a new, 3-span steel girder bridge at the Esopus Creek (approximately 7 feet higher in elevation than destroyed former trestle bridge); removal of the failed trestle bridge structure (approximately 300 feet; 4-span) in and near the Esopus Creek; installation of a crushed stone layer over existing ballast in the two trail segments to be completed (approximately 2.3 miles).