The Hunts Point Peninsula is located in the South Bronx, New York, and is home to the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, the largest food distribution facility in the nation. The purpose of the project is to provide improved access between the Hunts Point Peninsula and the Sheridan and Bruckner Expressways for automobiles and trucks traveling to and from the commercial businesses located on the peninsula. In addition, the project will address structural and operational deficiencies related to the existing infrastructure within the established project limits. UrbanTech is the contractor’s structural engineer of record for demolition and erection engineering of bridge structures spanning over the Amtrak railroads.

UrbanTech played a vital role in the Hunts Point Interchange Access Improvement Project by working with the project team to engineer the demolition and erection of multiple bridge structures, including two girder span bridges, one truss span bridge, and one pedestrian bridge while ensuring that the plans met Amtrak's 150% crane rules and all picks were made during night or weekend outages. Additionally, UrbanTech performed a finite element method (FEM) staged construction and stability analysis of curved steel bridge girders during the erection of two new flyover bridges. UrbanTech's expertise in bridge engineering and construction was also crucial in assisting the design team during the prebid phase to reduce the cost and complexity of the superstructure by designing a mechanically stabilized earthen pier. Overall, UrbanTech's contributions to the project have been critical in ensuring the successful and efficient delivery of the Hunts Point Interchange Access Improvement Project.