Brooklyn Bridge

The historic Brooklyn Bridge connects the Boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.

SIMCO was requested by NYCDOT Office of Construction Management and Coordination (OCMC) to conduct a detailed traffic model and corridor-wide traffic simulations to evaluate proposed Maintenance of Traffic schemes during construction activities on the bridge (currently on-going). This included analysis of traffic diversions to the Manhattan Bridge, Hugh L. Carey (Brooklyn Battery) Tunnel and the Williamsburg Bridge. Extensive coordination was maintained with numerous stakeholders, including local, state and regional agencies and community planning boards.

SIMCO continues to provide technical support for analysis of staged Maintenance of Traffic for the rehabilitation of the bridge ramps on this facility.

These services Include:

• Field Traffic Data Gathering
• Traffic Analysis and Modeling
• Traffic Engineering Services
• Contra-Flow Traffic Lanes
• Signal Hardware & Timing Revisions
• Maintenance and Protection of Traffic
• Coordination of 75+/- Traffic Enforcement Agents (TEAs)
• Coordination with Chatham Square/Park Row area-wide street improvements
• All-Agency Coordination
• Community Outreach Support

Additionally, spot speed studies were done at certain locations as part of this contract. The spot studies were used to define the “design speed” or the maximum safe speed that can be maintained over a specified section of roadway when conditions are so favorable that the design features of the roadway would govern.