Michael Baker Unit to Design New Cleveland Innerbelt Bridge

Michael Baker Jr., Inc., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corporation BKR, announced today that it and project team members have been selected by the Ohio Department of Transportation to design the new Eastbound Interstate 90 Cleveland Innerbelt Bridge in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Baker is a subconsultant to Richland Engineering Ltd. Specifically, Baker will provide design and plan production for the design of the main viaduct superstructure, public involvement services, utility and agency coordination, and waterway permitting services. The new structure will be approximately 4,000 feet long and has an estimated construction value of approximately $350 million. Baker's design fee, including final design services scheduled for completion in June 2013, will be approximately $3 million.