<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This project comprised a high-level, cable-stayed bridge over the C&amp;D Canal , the first of its kind in the Delaware valley area and also the first pre-cast concrete bridge to be built in the United States. The bridge consists of 2 carriageways, 138 feet over the water, including: reinforcing steel, 36 stay cables, a main span of 750 feet, 2 side spans of 375 feet, and 26 approach spans of 150 feet each. The structure is cable-stayed concrete segmental with 4 shoulder lanes. Approaches were constructed using the span-by-span system with overhead launching truss. The bridge incorporates many features not found on most other canal bridges: Fixed high-level crossing, a 100 feet (30 m) clearance, six travel lanes with the option of restriping to eight, pull-off emergency shoulders on both sides (under the striping arrangement left at the end of construction), 65-mph speed limit, and separate approach spans only joining at the anchorages of the cables. The project was recognized in 1995 with the DelDOT &ldquo;Recognition of Excellent Performance in the area of Project Construction&rdquo;, the 1996 ACI &ldquo;Grand Prize Award for Concrete Bridges/Highways for Excellence in Concrete Design and Construction&rdquo;, and the NQI &ldquo;National Finalist for Quality Construction&rdquo; awards.&nbsp;</span></span></p>