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Southern Reinforcement Project—Squeezing 21st Century Demand into 20th Century Right-of-Way
Increased load requirement from the RTO required improvements to the existing transmission system in PSE&G’s southern region. The Southern Reinforcement Project addressed this requirement through a combination of new underground 230 kV transmission lines and improvements to the existing 230 kV overhead system. This paper will focus specifically on the various engineering and construction challenges encountered on one, three mile section of the overhead line built over a heavily utilized railway corridor. A summary of the challenges are: (1) comparative analysis of expanding and reinforcing existing railroad overbuild structures versus installation of new structures in order to support the replacement of an existing circuit and the installation of a new circuit; (2) right of way is owned by a major railroad company. ROW widths between 50 and 100 feet for 230 kV double circuit construction, surrounded by major roadways, numerous buildings, and regulated wetlands; and (3) legal/permitting restrictions which prevented any excavation on the ROW and forced the need for an atypical foundation solution consisting of helical cluster foundation types.
Southern Reinforcement Project—Squeezing 21st Century Demand into 20th Century Right-of-Way
Increased load requirement from the RTO required improvements to the existing transmission system in PSE&G’s southern region. The Southern Reinforcement Project addressed this requirement through a combination of new underground 230 kV transmission lines and improvements to the existing 230 kV overhead system. This paper will focus specifically on the various engineering and construction challenges encountered on one, three mile section of the overhead line built over a heavily utilized railway corridor. A summary of the challenges are: (1) comparative analysis of expanding and reinforcing existing railroad overbuild structures versus installation of new structures in order to support the replacement of an existing circuit and the installation of a new circuit; (2) right of way is owned by a major railroad company. ROW widths between 50 and 100 feet for 230 kV double circuit construction, surrounded by major roadways, numerous buildings, and regulated wetlands; and (3) legal/permitting restrictions which prevented any excavation on the ROW and forced the need for an atypical foundation solution consisting of helical cluster foundation types.
Southern Reinforcement Project—Squeezing 21st Century Demand into 20th Century Right-of-Way
Rusciolelli, Bill (author) / Crandall, Sean (author)
Electrical Transmission and Substation Structures 2015 ; 2015 ; Branson, Missouri
2015-09-21
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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