REHABILITATION OF COUNTY BRIDGE R-24, MILL ROAD OVER ROCKAWAY CREEK
Location: Readington Township, Hunterdon County, NJ
Client/Owner: Hunterdon County
Phase: Design
Status: Final Design Completed
Hunterdon County retained KMA to provide design phase services for the reconstruction of County Bridge R-24, Mill Road over Rockaway Creek. KMA's scope of work included surveying/mapping, subsurface utility engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental services, an hydraulic and hydrology analysis, and right-of-way engineering.
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As part of initial design phase efforts, KMA environmental scientists performed a wetland delineation in accordance with the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands (1989), submitted a Freshwater Wetland Line Verification Letter of Interpretation (LOI) to the NJDEP for approval, prepared and submitted a NJDEP Freshwater Wetland General Permit #1, and provided documentation to the NJDEP in support of Flood Hazard Area Permit-by-Rule #2 and Flood Hazard Area Permit-by-Rule #41 applications. Because of the bridge’s situation in the Whitehouse-Mechanicsville Historic District, KMA also managed the Section 106 process, and provided oversight of the Historic Architecture and Phase 1A Archaeological Survey and Application for Project Authorization.
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A comprehensive H&H analysis was also part of KMA’s design work. Inputs for the existing conditions model included cross-sectional topography, selection of Manning’s roughness coefficient, bridge geometry (measurements of span, rise, abutments and piers), and roadway profile elevation. Stream cross-sections were developed for at least 500 feet upstream and downstream of the bridge and wide enough to encompass the floodplain. A proposed conditions model was created for each alternative considered, each incorporating any proposed revisions to the hydraulic opening, changes to piers, abutments, or parapets, and/or changes to the roadway profile. A scour analysis was also performed.
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Additional design services included field survey and project base mapping; preparation of a soil boring exploration plan to identify the number, depth, and approximate locations of soil borings; laboratory soil testing required to design bridge foundations; identification of the type, size, location, and owner of all existing utility facilities within the project’s limits; and establishment of the existing right-of-way and property lines within the project area using deed information, tax maps, and property corner locations.
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