Roger Haight

Background

About Roger Haight

Senior Vice President and Project Manager specializing in major bridge rehabilitation as a Senior Technical Principal based in New York City in WSP's National Bridges & Structures Practice. Past guest lecturer at City University of New York's Engineering Department. Recent major projects include: Newark Bay Hudson County Extension Newark Bay Crossing: Preliminary bridge design Bayonne Bridge Raise the Roadway Project: WSP Project Manager for raising the roadway's navigational clearance for post-Panamax vessels entering the Is’s largest port ($1.6B program cost). It received ACEC's 2018 nationwide Project of the Year Award in Washington, D.C. and highest National Award in 2019 from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Bronx-Whitestone Bridge Approach Widening: WSP Project Manager for construction phase. This suspension bridge opened for the 1939 World's Fair in Corona Park. The new approaches now have standard lane widths and standard shoulders. The project won a design award in 2014. RFK Bridge Anchorage Study: Monitoring and forensic research into the reasons for cracking in the main cable anchorages. Throgs Neck Bridge Redecking: WSP Project Manager for construction of strengthening and redecking the suspension bridge.