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October 11 2020
Vol. III • No. 21
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Crews from Wadsworth Brothers Construction are installing the 112,000 cu. yds. of Geofoam, supplied by Oracle and manufactured by Atlas Molded Products, using a 60-ton crane and forklifts.
By Lori Tobias
CEG CORRESPONDENT
A railroad bridge that is being constructed by Wadsworth Brothers Construction, part of the Utah Department of Transportation’s (UDOT) $82 million 5600 W. project, is likely the largest installation of Geofoam
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ever used in the state, and may be among the largest in the United States. The current at-grade Union Pacific railroad crossing frequently causes traffic delays of an hour or more. The heavily truck trafficked industrial area is home to major shipping facilities, including Amazon, Federal Express and UPS. Work on the bridge began
in January 2020, and is scheduled for completion in late 2021. “There is discussion of an inland port in this area,” said UDOT Project Manager John Montoya. “Containers are offloaded in the ports in California and put on trains. There is no inspection at that point. The inspection happens at the inland port, which is slated to
be here. Even as it stands right now, there is a lot of industrial traffic. The rail crossing has been getting busier and busier, crossing 5600 in an east/west direction and cutting off traffic for an hour, even more. These trucks can’t turn around and go another way. see GEOFOAM page 6
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