Trumbull, Fay, S&B Construction and Wagman Heavy Civil will join the project, which aims to solve one of the biggest problems in rail transportation on the East Coast.
       Award: South Long Bridge Cost: $2.3 billion Location: Potomac River between Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Virginia Client: Virginia Passenger Rail Authority
       The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority has awarded Long Bridge Rail Partners a contract to design and build the southern portion of the Long Bridge project, according to a Jan. 16 press release.
       Long Bridge Rail Partners is a joint venture between Pittsburgh-based Trumbull, S&B Construction, and Fay and York, Pennsylvania-based Wagman Heavy Civil. The lead designer of the South Line project is New York-based engineering firm STV.
       The $2.3 billion project will reroute passenger and freight traffic along a 1.8-mile rail corridor between Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Virginia, and relieve one of the largest rail bottlenecks on the East Coast. The project is the largest rail transformation project in Virginia and a key part of the second wave of the Virginia Express expansion.
       VPRA divided the major work on the Long Bridge project into two parts: northern and southern. In December 2023, the northern part was awarded to a joint venture of Skanska and Flatiron. VPRA also selected the Flatiron and Herzog team to build the Franconia-Springfield Bypass.
       “The selection of Longbridge Rail Partners complements our team as we undertake the largest rail improvement project in Virginia that will fundamentally change the way Virginians travel,” VPRA Executive Director DJ Stadtler said in a press release.
       According to a press release from Wagman’s, the southern portion of the project includes construction of a new two-track railroad bridge and an adjacent bicycle and pedestrian bridge across George Washington Memorial Park and the Potomac River. The group will also build new retaining walls and levees for the park road and install a new fender system in the Potomac River shipping channel.
       According to a VPRA press release, the Long Bridge Rail Partnership team will be responsible for the final design phase of the project and will implement “innovative alternative technology concepts.” Major construction work on the southern section is expected to begin in the fall of 2026 and be substantially complete by 2030.
       Federal funding through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act helped improve many categories in the new ASCE report card.
       Private spending reached a record high for a single month in February, but concerns over interest rates and tariffs continued to weigh on private spending growth.
       Federal funding through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act helped improve many categories in the new ASCE report card.
       Private spending reached a record high for a single month in February, but concerns over interest rates and tariffs continued to weigh on private spending growth.