Location: Engineers Club 

Address: 11 W Mt Vernon Pl, Baltimore, MD, 21201

Date: Wednesday, September 10, 6pm-9pm

Speakers: Jen Reigle, Peter Mazzeo, and Kevin Poad

As part of investing in the New Era of Rail, Amtrak is modernizing infrastructure along the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The Susquehanna River Bridge is a 119-year-old, two-track bridge spanning the Susquehanna River between the City of Havre de Grace in Harford County, MD, and the Town of Perryville in Cecil County, MD. It is a critical link and the longest moveable bridge along the NEC. The aging bridge will be replaced with two parallel new structures to maintain future rail services across the Susquehanna River while providing improvements to capacity, trip time and safety for commuter, freight, and intercity passenger rail services. This project is supported by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) through a $2.08B Fed-State NEC grant from the Federal Railroad Administration. During this presentation, the Project Team will overview this crucial transportation project including project benefits, design and construction challenges, and status to date. The team will also discuss innovations implemented to best optimize design, cost, schedule, and constructability for the Project.

Jen Reigle is the Principal Design Manager for Amtrak’s Susquehanna River Bridge Project. She has been in this role for over two years, managing various aspects of the project design such as structure and civil. Prior to this role, Jen worked as a design consultant and has over 20 years of structural engineering experience, leading various bridge rehabilitation and design projects to and through construction. She has been involved in projects ranging in size, from retaining wall repairs to single span bridge design to large-scale structure design. Jen is also the ASCE Philadelphia Section’s Past President for the 2020-2021 term.

Peter Mazzeo is the HNTB Project Manager for Amtrak’s Susquehanna River Bridge Project. He is a Senior Project Manager with over 30 years of structural engineering experience, during which he has led a variety of bridge projects through preliminary, final and post-design. His bridge-related experience includes the modern design of fixed and movable bridges, including multiple major river crossings. Peter has been with HNTB since 2005 and has been leading the Susquehanna River Bridge Design team since 2019.

Kevin Poad is the HNTB Deputy Project Manager for Amtrak’s Susquehanna River Bridge Project, responsible for overseeing civil engineering, survey and right-of-way, utility design and coordination, and environmental planning and permitting disciplines. He has 17 years of experience in leading the design of transportation engineering projects. His project experience has ranged in scope from routine maintenance and rehabilitation work to city streetscape improvements, large-scale railroad and airport site infrastructure planning, development, and design. Kevin has been with HNTB since 2016 and has been leading the civil and environmental disciplines on the project since that time.