Daily News | Feds give $1.6 million to Philly for repair of bridges over Amtrak and SEPTA tracks
Philadelphia has won a federal grant of about $1.6 million toward rehabbing 18 aged bridges that carry city streets over electrified rail tracks owned and operated by Amtrak and SEPTA, the Federal Highway Administration said.
The agency is giving $18.4 million directly to 23 local and county governments for the first time to finance planning and feasibility studies required to qualify federal construction money, Pollack said. Highway and bridge grants have not covered preparatory work, but the federal infrastructure law, enacted last year, opened funding for it, she said.
“Many of these bridges have fallen into poor condition while they’ve sat just idly on our to-do list for decades,” he said.Doing construction or maintenance on bridges over active rail tracks in the city is complicated because of the electrical equipment that powers the trains — and the need to keep rail service running during repair work.
Philadelphia owns or maintains 27 bridges that cross rights-of-way used by SEPTA alone or shared with Amtrak, said Scott Sauer, the transit agency’s director of operations. He said the bridges have not caused any major damage to tracks or trains, but some have steel mesh beneath to catch crumbling concrete.
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