Route 36 Highlands Bridge
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Project Description
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The Route 36 Highlands Bridge connects the seashore towns of Sea Bright Borough and Sandy Hook with the Highlands Borough over the Shrewsbury River in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The new bridge replaced the existing Route 36 Highlands bridge, which was built in 1932 and had reached the end of its service life. The existing Route 36 Highlands Bridge, with a 35-foot vertical clearance, was rated the worst movable bridge in New Jersey. The two new fixed span precast segmental concrete box structures provide a 65-foot vertical clearance over the Shrewsbury River channel and will carry two 12-foot lanes of traffic in each direction, with a median barrier.
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Aspire Bridge Magazine Article: Route 36 Highlands Bridge Replacement
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Awards
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Location
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Route 36 over the Shrewsbury River
Monmouth County, NJ
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Owner
New Jersey Department of Transportation
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Contractor
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J.H. Reid General Contractor
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Designer
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Jacobs
Total Contract Value
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$124 million
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Timeline
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2008 - 2011
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Construction Method
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Precast hollow segmental box pier columns and pier caps
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Precast concrete segmental variable depth box girder superstructures
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Constructed using balanced cantilever method and ground and barge based cranes
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Four separate segmental superstructures with typical span lengths of 180 ft to 235 ft
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Our Role
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Hatcher Technical worked with construction engineer McNary Bergeron & Johannesen to develop fully integrated construction shop drawings.
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Areas of the project that Hatcher Technical worked on included:
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Precast pier column segments, including pier caps
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Precast superstructure segments
