James Rumsey Bridge

Location: Shepherdstown, WV
Owner: WVDOH, District 5
General Contractor: Brayman Construction Corp.
Value: $18.5 Million
Date Complete: July 2006

Brayman was contracted for the demolition and replacement of the existing steel deck truss bridge spanning the Potomac River in both states of West Virginia and Maryland. The existing bridge was replaced with a 3-span steel girder bridge 1,097ft in length. This project also included a retaining wall step system on both abutments and construction of a timber pedestrian bridge in C&O Canal Park. The new bridge contained 44 girders ranging from 14 to 18 feet deep and up to 125ft long and had 20 by 90 foot long haunch girders weighing 75 tons each.

Installation of 57 rock anchors, two (2)soldier pile walls containing approximately 100 soldier piles, a Value Engineered 3,000sf soil nail wall, eight (8) earth retention walls, and 54 micropiles were installed through karst conditions on this project.