HARRINGTON & CORTELYOU, INC.

Harrington & Cortelyou, Inc. became part of Burns & McDonnell, an engineering, architecture, construction, environmental and consulting solutions firm, through an acquisition on July 1, 2010. Our full staff will continue to operation from our downtown Kansas City offices as Harrington & Cortelyou, Inc., a Burns & McDonnell company. For more information, read the Burns & McDonnell news release.
Harrington & Cortelyou, Inc. has been selected by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to provide design services for a new bridge over Lake Taneycomo between Branson and Hollister, Mo. The bridge will be adjacent to the existing Route 76 concrete arch bridge and will carry traffic between Branson Landing Boulevard and a new roundabout on the Hollister side. Alternate steel and spliced concrete girder spans have been investigated in the preliminary design phase for the proposed 744-foot-long bridge. 
Kevin Eisenbeis, PE, SE, was elected president of the Academy of Civil Engineers at Missouri University of Science & Technology (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla). This organization recognizes outstanding civil engineering graduates from Missouri S&T. 
Harrington & Cortelyou, Inc. received a Grand Award in the 2009 American Council of Engineering Companies Missouri chapter (ACEC-Missouri) Engineering Excellence competition for the new Route 19 Missouri River Bridge at Hermann, Mo. The 2,244-foot-long bridge was opened to traffic in September 2007 and dedicated in October 2007. 
The Route 17 Osage River bridge near Tuscumbia, Mo., designed by Harrington & Cortelyou, broke ground on Feb. 17, 2009, as the first Economic Recovery & Reinvestment Act project in the nation. This project will replace the existing bridge with a 970-foot-long, 28-foot-wide bridge. Roadway realignment will involve cutting through the rock bluff due to significant slope failures occurring near the existing bridge. 
Harrington & Cortelyou provided bridge design services for six bridges in the I-470/50 Highway interchange reconstruction in Lee's Summit, Mo. The Pryor Road bridge opened to traffic in August 2008. Two connector bridges between Blue Parkway and Pryor Road are under construction. The connector bridges over 50 Highway are more than 1,000 feet long and use long-span prestressed concrete NU girders.  
Harrington & Cortelyou has been selected by the BNSF Railway to provide engineering design services for the Bayou Boeuf swing span bridge near Amelia, La. This project includes replacement of the swing span and approach spans for this 700-foot single track bridge on the BNSF main line. 
Harrington & Cortelyou, Inc. provided preliminary and final design services to MoDOT for the new Jacks Fork River bridge in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. This project included 49,000 square feet of gabion basket MSE walls. This Harrington & Cortelyou project received a Grand Award in the 2008 ACEC-Missouri Engineering Excellence Awards. 
Harrington & Cortelyou, Inc. was selected to provide inspection, recommendation and design for a vertical lift bridge rehabilitation in Victoria, Texas. This project will include a new electrical system, new railroad signal system and upgrades to the mechanical and structural elements of the bridge, which carries the Union Pacific Railroad mainline.