6. Alameda Avenue over I-25

Denver
Start: May 2010 Finish: March 2012
Contractor: Jalisco International Inc.
Cost: $23.7 million (ARRA-funded project)

Replaces the Alameda bridge over I-25 with one that is wider to accommodate an additional lane in each direction, reconstructs I-25 under Alameda Avenue in concrete and improves drainage.

7. 120th Avenue over U.S. 36

Broomfield
Start: Sept. 2009 Finish: Oct. 2010
Contractor: Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc.
Cost: $23.3 million

This is the first phase of a three-phase project that will that will construct a new six-lane road across U.S. 36 to connect 120th Avenue and S.H. 128. This phase begins construction of the new roadway and will construct a bridge over 120th Avenue and one over Commerce Street.

In addition, several local roads such as Commerce Street, Old Wadsworth Boulevard and 118th Avenue will be realigned to correspond with the construction of the new roadway. The RTD park–n-Ride facility at Wadsworth Parkway will also be relocated near the Broomfield Event Center.

8. C-470/U.S. 85 Interchange

Start: June 2010 Finish: Jan. 2012
Contractor: Edward Kraemer and Sons Inc.
Cost: $17.2 Million (ARRA-funded project)

Constructs a flyover ramp from southbound Santa Fe Drive to eastbound C-470 to improve safety and mobility.

9. Interstate 76

Between approx. Ovid and the Nebraska state line
Start: Sept. 2009 Finish: Sept. 2010
Contractor: Interstate Highway Construction
Cost: $15.8 million (ARRA-funded project)

Repairs 11 miles of deteriorating concrete on eastbound I-76, reconstructs the Julesburg interchange to make the acceleration and deceleration lanes longer and replaces the right of way fence along I-76 between Sedgwick and the Nebraska state line.

10. U.S. 287

South of Springfield
Start: Oct. 2009 Finish: Sept. 2010
Contractor: Lawson Construction Co.
Cost: $13.9 million (ARRA-funded project)

Reconstructs U.S. 287 in concrete and improves drainage and shoulder embankments. The U.S. 40/U.S. 287 corridor between Campo and Hugo is one of Colorado’s 28 high-priority strategic projects.