Rails to Trails of Central PA

Responsibilities

Field Survey
Permitting
Design
Construction Drawings
Construction Plans
Construction Inspection
Bid Documents and bidding
Acquisition of Agency Approvals

Owner

Rails to Trails

Project Details

Keller Engineers has completed several projects on the Lower Trail for Rails to Trails/Allegheny Ridge Corporation. The Lower Trail is a rail trail located on the former Petersburg Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad along the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River.

Project highlights include:

Eleven-mile Lower Trail Gap Study
Four trailside restroom comfort stations
SR 9900 – Improvements to section low
Improvements to Norfolk Southern Trail section
Stream bank stabilization improvements
Re-decking of Mt. Etna Bridge
Lower Trail Floodwall
Miscellaneous trail improvements

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We have worked with Keller Engineers for structural and civil engineering support on six projects over the past five years and have been very pleased with the results. Our projects tend to be complicated phased renovation/ addition projects calling for creativity in planning and construction. I have been particularity pleased with their responsiveness to issues that arise during construction which is of particular importance to us and our clients. Vern L. McKissick, III, AIA, LEED AP, Owner/Architect McKissick Associates