Core capability

Highway & Marine Demolition

Highway and marine work removes bridges, decks, piers, and roadway structures where the governing constraint is time: a closure window, a track possession, or an in-water work period. Select has removed superstructures over the MBTA Orange Line and Commuter Rail, decks over I-95, and bridges over the Penobscot River.

Scope

  • Bridge superstructure removal: wearing surface, concrete decks, steel stringers, diaphragms, and bearings
  • Substructure removal: piers, backwalls, and abutments
  • Crane picks of steel beams from abutment staging
  • Overnight and weekend closure work over live rail and highway
  • Debris containment over tracks, roadways, and water
Select Demo wheeled excavator positioned on the Maffa Way bridge deck with the Schrafft Center behind, traffic cones marking the closure.
Select Demo wheeled excavator positioned on the Maffa Way bridge deck with the Schrafft Center behind, traffic cones marking the closure.

Where it applies

  • Short possession windows requiring hour-by-hour sequencing
  • Removals above active transit and commuter rail
  • Multi-bridge corridor programs with staged traffic shifts
  • Transite pipe, asbestos conduit, and coated steel within the structure

What we plan with you

  • Lift and sequence plans reviewed with the general contractor and agency
  • Traffic management, detours, and police coordination
  • Rail flagging and protection where track is adjacent
  • Environmental permits and containment for in-water work

What we bring

  • Excavators with hydraulic shears and processors sized for bridge steel and concrete
  • Protection platforms, debris shields, and containment systems
  • Crews experienced in night and closure-window operations

Selected experience

Highway & Marine Demolition projects

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Select Demo wheeled excavator on the Maffa Way bridge deck during the closure, with the Schrafft Center behind.
Highway & Marine Demolition

Maffa Way / Mystic Avenue Bridges

Boston and Somerville, Massachusetts

Two-phase superstructure and substructure removal with asbestos abatement over the MBTA Orange Line for Skanska.

Excavator with hydraulic breaker removing a bridge deck on I-95 in Medway, Maine, under a clear sky.
Highway & Marine Demolition

MaineDOT I-95 Bridges, Medway

Medway, Maine

Concrete deck and substructure removal on multiple I-95 bridges, including the Vaughn Daggett Bridges over the Penobscot River.

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