WHEELING, W.Va., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As millions of
Americans prepare to take to the road this July 4th weekend, Upper Ohio Valley
residents can take pride in the fact that steel deck made by Wheeling-
Pittsburgh Steel's (Nasdaq: WPSC) Wheeling Corrugating Company (WCC) is being
used in many highway projects locally and throughout the United States.
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Among the noteworthy projects are 17 bridge structures being rebuilt on
I-79 between the Bridgeville and Route 60 exits. WCC will supply 180,000
square feet of bridge deck to this two-year project that will conclude in
2006.
Other major area projects include the "Findlay Connector" a new four-lane
highway that will link U.S. Route 22 to the Pittsburgh International Airport
and will include 18 structures requiring WCC bridge deck. Construction on this
project, which began last fall, is expected to be completed in 2006.
Construction on a new bridge near Parkersburg, WV, linking WV Route 2 with
Ohio Route 7 will begin next year. This 4,000-foot-long structure will use
320,000 square feet of WCC bridge deck.
Nationally, 128,000 square feet of WCC bridge deck will be used to build
the Hoover Dam Bypass, a 1,900 foot-long, four-lane bridge that spans the
Colorado River about 1,500 feet downstream of the Hoover Dam. The 3.5-mile
corridor linking Clark County, NV, with Mohave County, AZ, will replace U.S.
93, the current two-lane highway across the dam. U.S. 93 can no longer
adequately handle the 14,000 vehicles that cross it each day, double the
volume 15 years ago.
To the East, WCC is providing 110,000 square feet of steel deck to the
Missisquoi Bay Bridge project in Grand Island County, Vermont. This 3,600
foot-long bridge spans a bay on Lake Champlain near the Canada border.
"We are proud to play a part in these high profile bridge projects
throughout the United States," said Mike Benson, Manager, Bridge Deck. "But
these are no more important than the many hundreds of much smaller bridge
projects that cross creeks or shallow ravines that we handle each year."
Locally, Benson notes that WCC bridge deck was used for the 180-foot-long
two span bridge over I-70, just outside Wheeling at Cabellas, as well as for a
small creek on U.S. 40 (National Road) in Wheeling just west of WV Route 88.
Bridge deck, made from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel produced steel and roll
formed at WCC's Beech Bottom, WV, and Warren, OH, plants, is used as a stay-
in-place form. Cement is then poured into the deck form, producing the highway
surface.
About Wheeling-Pittsburgh:
Wheeling-Pittsburgh is a steel company engaged in the making, processing
and fabrication of steel and steel products using both integrated and electric
arc furnace technology. The Company's products include hot rolled and cold
rolled sheet and coated products such as galvanized, pre-painted and tin mill
sheet. The Company also produces a variety of steel products including roll
formed corrugated roofing, roof deck, floor deck, bridgeform and other
products used primarily by the construction, highway and agricultural markets.
SOURCE Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation
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