Articles Tagged with ''Highway/Bridge''

Speed was of the essence when contractors and engineers were called upon to perform emergency repairs of a damaged I-10 overpass in Lafayette, La.

The $34-million Kake Access Road project provides improved access to the remote Tongass National Forest on Kupreanof Island in southeast Alaska. The road also provides year-round surface transportation between the community of Kake and a new boat launch on the eastern shore of the island.

Delivered on an accelerated schedule, the new 178-ft-long bridge supported on 13 precast pretensioned box girders alleviates long-standing congestion issues caused by the previous at-grade crossing and a nearby train switching yard.

One of the state’s busiest exits was upgraded to handle higher traffic volumes via a two-part project that combined structural rehabilitation of underpass bridges, ramp realignment, mainline reconstruction and replacement of an existing toll plaza with open-road tolling technology.

This exceedingly complex and challenging project provided a 75-year design life for the structurally deficient critical link between the city of Chelsea, Mass., its northern suburbs and Boston.

First conceived in the 1970s, the new 3.8-mile limited access bypass has improved safety, capacity and reliability while also setting the stage for transformation of Hillsborough’s business district.

Teamwork, communication and coordination were imperative to safely complete work at 60 construction sites along the 450-mile New York State Thruway within a 14-month construction window.

Space was at a premium when it came to shoehorning the gently graded 1,400-ft-long steel and concrete connector ramp between northbound and southbound lanes of Harlem River Drive, a popular route for vehicles to the George Washington Bridge.

Built as part of the $1.5-billion Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvement Program, the project team delivered the area’s first dual, divided freeway.<

Ames Construction with design engineer Alliant Engineering found ways to go beyond MnDOT requirements in completing this design-build project ahead of schedule and with reduced impacts on vehicular traffic.