The recently completed Sonoran Boulevard is 7.5 miles of new roadway constructed across portions of Arizona state land and within Phoenix's Sonoran Park Preserve. It was designed in three separate segments and was executed by rerouting traffic using interim half-street roadways. Much of the project was constructed within a 150-ft section of right-of-way and consisted of one 12-ft lane in each direction with 8-ft paved shoulders and a raised or paved-flush median to handle two-way traffic.
Three roadway bridges between 206 ft and 430 ft long were constructed along the alignment. Since the roadway crosses a preserved area, the project team was tasked with balancing the preservation of the area's desert landscape while installing a roadway. Area residents can access the preserve via a five-mile, $3-million shared-use path that was constructed as part of the project.