Platinum Award: Black Diamond Trail Bridge, Structural Systems Category
The regionally significant Black Diamond Trail stretches from Taughannock Falls State Park to the City of Ithaca. A former railroad bed, the 8.5-mile stone-dust trail is ADA-accessible and open year-round. City officials sought to extend the network for pedestrians and bicyclists by constructing a 195-foot-long nonvehicular bridge over Cayuga Inlet’s flood-control channel. The five bridge segments were shipped to the site and incrementally assembled beside the flood channel.
The new bridge, which was designed to accommodate navigational clearances for rowing teams and similar boat traffic, bypasses a longer, traffic-congested route and provides a link to nearby commercial and employment destinations.
Erdman Anthony provided project management, design services, and construction support and inspection services for the project.
Read more about the bridge here.
Gold Award: South Avenue and Elmwood Avenue Reconstruction, Transportation Category
The area of Elmwood and South avenues in the City of Rochester is home to the University of Rochester and two affiliated teaching hospitals; Highland Park, an arboretum designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted; an elementary school complex; a fire station; an eldercare campus; special-needs service organizations; and many homes and businesses. City officials sought to reconstruct 0.9 miles of South Avenue, 0.2 miles of Elmwood Avenue, and an intersection.
New features at the project site include one-way and two-way protected cycle tracks, a rectangular rapid flashing beacon (RRFB) at a midblock crossing, and a hydrodynamic separator under the intersection.
The reconstruction has improved the neighborhood’s aesthetics and introduced safer, more efficient multimodal transportation in an urban setting.
Erdman Anthony provided project management, street design, and survey services for the project.
Read more about the reconstruction here.
The ACEC New York black-tie awards gala will take place in April 2025 in New York City.