Vecellio & Grogan’s grading and bridge crews
faced especially difficult construction challenges on two West
Virginia highway projects, but once again have proved up to the
task.
V&G built a new bridge over a 200-ft. chasm near
Beckley as part of a downtown bypass, while in Grant County
crews dealt with tough rock, steep mountains and limited access
in building a new section of Corridor H, also
including bridge work.
In addition to its original $19.8 million
contract in East Beckley, V&G picked up an adjacent contract for
$9.8 million to tie the bypass back into local traffic, while
the Corridor H work involves 1.9 miles of highway construction
under a $32 million contract.
Above: Bridge Foreman Ruben Adkins operates a deck screed on
V&G’s East Beckley (WV) Bypass project
as Shelly Phillips and Manolo Rico ensure guides are correctly
positioned prior to concrete being poured.
(Photo by Carl Thiemann)
Above: Pouring concrete for the bridge
deck.
(Photo by Matt Farley)
Above: Joe Cox and Rita Tonkin compact backfill over a drainage
pipe in East Beckley, WV, as Hoe
Operator Alfonso Torres places a new layer of backfill material
behind them.
(Photo by Carl Thiemann)
Above: Hoe Operator Jerry Blair
loads excess material into an articulated haul truck driven by
Evelyn Jarrell on V&G’s East Beckley (WV)
Bypass project.
(Photo by Carl Thiemann)
Above: In East Beckley, WV,
Jarrel Truman cuts a section of precast concrete for building a
retaining wall.
(Photo by Carl Thiemann)
Above: Crews finish the bridge work on V&G’s Corridor H
highway construction project in Grant County, WV.
(Photo by Matt Farley)
