NEW CORRUGATED STEEL PLATE PRODUCT LINE ANNOUNCED

Design Provides Enhanced Performance for Bridge and Culvert Projects; Polymer Coating and Colors Are Options

CAMP HILL, Pa – Lane Enterprises, LLC, today announced it has expanded its structural plate product line with the introduction of deep corrugated plate.  Called DeepCorr™, the steel structural plate addresses the needs of the small to medium-span bridge market, allowing considerably longer spans, typically 40 to 80 feet, to better compete with traditional beam bridges.

With a 5-1/2” x 15” corrugation, DeepCorr is available in the long-established 3-ounce hot-dipped galvanized coating (ASTM A761) or with the newly developed polymer coating (ASTM A1113) with color options.  Available in seven thicknesses from 8 gage to 3/8-inch, popular applications include rehabilitating highway and railway bridges, fish passage culverts and wildlife crossings. 

“Since the 1930s, Lane has been involved in the corrugated steel pipe industry,” stated Patrick X. Collings, president and CEO of Lane. “DeepCorr is another step forward in providing products that satisfy the needs of our infrastructure, design engineers, and contractors. 

“We are the only United States manufacturer that makes and polymer coats steel structural plate.  That process is another one of our specialties.  Our Carlisle, Pennsylvania plant is devoted to coatings and has been for over 40 years.  The ability to provide the polymer finish in-house allows us to merge a unique portion of our operations with our core business while eliminating the middleman and realizing an efficiency we have as a plate manufacturer.”  The polymer coating is applied in-house at the Lane Carlisle plant.

“We developed DeepCorr for the small to medium-span bridge market to give engineers a practical alternative to conventional steel and concrete beam style bridges,” stated Jerry Silagyi, P.E., chief engineer, Lane.  “It greatly lightens design burdens for the civil site engineers and provides a more readily installed buried bridge to reduce the time and labor associated with traditional bridge construction.  With a manufacturer-designed buried structure, now a bridge can be directly dropped in the plans without sourcing the bridge design.  DeepCorr designs are a value-added service we provide.  This is a significant contrast to the traditional approach where a structural engineer is commissioned to provide bridge design services.”

Lane is the nation’s second largest producer of corrugated steel pipe for stormwater management.  Additionally, Lane produces structural steel and aluminum plate for bridge and culvert applications.  Founded in 1934, the company has 17 manufacturing facilities in 10 states with more than 500 employees. 

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