East Midtown Greenway

Owner: NYC Economic Development Corporation
Engineer: Jacobs Engineering
Construction Manager: Skanska Civil

The East Midtown Greenway is a recent addition to the Greater Manhattan Waterfront Greenway project, an ongoing effort to ring the entire Manhattan waterfront with open green space for the public. The park includes a pedestrian causeway and garden parallel to the East River and offset into the river from the FDR drive.

The East Midtown greenway connects with Andrew Haswell Park to the North, another Trevcon project. Both projects comprise key parts of the Greater Manhattan Waterfront Greenway project. An ongoing project to ring the entire Manhattan waterfront with open green space for the public.

Trevcon value engineered the existing contract drawings to come up with a new, lighter and stronger composite box beam. This saved both time and many for all parties. concerned. The precast beams are supported on precast pile caps a three ft diameter drilled shafts. East River currents up to 5 knots made positioning of the marine assets a constant challenge.