Ryan Kanagy

Experience

Ryan Kanagy has more than twenty-one years of experience as a mechanical engineer, including sixteen years providing engineering services for heavy movable structures projects where he has focused on movable bridge machinery systems. His work has covered a range of movable roadway and rail bridge types and vintages and includes the design of new machinery; load rating of existing machinery; preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates; bridge machinery safety inspections; field project engineering; emergency call-out services to troubleshoot, identify, and resolve machinery failures and operational malfunctions; and strain gage drive testing and bridge balancing. Mr. Kanagy is also experienced in construction engineering inspection, including yellow-line review of shop drawings, review of equipment installation procedures, shop inspection, machinery alignment verification, and oversight of system commissioning.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

• Bayville Bridge Design - Nassau County, NY: Scoping inspection and rehabilitation design; replacement of span drive machinery, curved and flat treads, and tail lock machinery
• SR 99 Duwamish River Bridges Special Repair - Seattle, WA: Rehabilitation of west bridge hydraulic system, and center locks; rehabilitation of east bridge trunnion girder pins
• Quogue Bridge Design - Suffolk County, NY: Rehabilitation of span drive and span lock systems at double-leaf trunnion bascule bridge
• Burlington-Bristol Lift Bridge - Bristol, PA: Supervision and/or involvement with span drive testing, operating rope tension measurements, counterweight rope replacements, and sheave trunnion cracking mitigation
• SR104 Hood Canal Bridge Special Repair - Kitsap County, WA: Span drive rehabilitation to address span drive machinery resonance
• Burlington Canal Lift Bridge Inspection - Burlington, ON, Canada: Condition assessment of machinery for near- and long-term use; rope, gear, and bearing wear measurements and review of component alignment
• Houghton Hancock Vertical Lift Bridge - Houghton, MI: Rehabilitation of tower-drive vertical lift bridge; field gear alignment review, gear design analysis, strain gage balance recordings, balance recommendations, rope tension measurements, and indexing adjustments
• Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge - Alexandria, VA: Construction services for new twin double-trunnion bascule bridge; detailed balance calculations for all components
• Union Pacific Freeport Vertical Lift Bridge - Freeport, TX: On-site field support for replacement of main counterweight and operating ropes of span-drive vertical lift bridge
• LaSalle Causeway Bascule Bridge - Kingston, ON, Canada: Lead mechanical engineer for comprehensive detailed inspection and secondary mechanical inspection; mechanical and electrical inspection of all machinery systems, bridge utility service, and power and control systems
• Norfolk Southern Bridge 229-50-AGS Vertical Lift Bridge Inspection - AL: Inspection of machinery on tower-drive vertical lift railroad bridge; condition assessment of machinery for near- and long-term use
• Angoon Ferry Terminal - Angoon, AK: Review of ferry lift electromechanical cylinders; evaluation of major cylinder internal components supporting ramp loads in accordance with AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications
• Crescent Beach Bridge - St. John’s County, FL: Removal and installation of air buffer machinery on double-leaf bascule bridge; review of contractor’s plans for feasibility and/or compliance to design specifications
• Route 88 Bascule Bridge - Westport, MA: In-depth calculations to minimize bridge imbalance throughout rehabilitation
• Bridge of Lions - St. Augustine, FL: Mechanical engineer for design of new movable span machinery for superstructure replacement of historic double-leaf rolling bascule

Professional Affiliations

Heavy Movable Structures

Registrations

Professional Engineer in FL, MN, NJ, and WA

Education

The Pennsylvania State University
Bachelor of Science, Engineering Science, 1997