ARIZONA A contract for roadway reconstruction and widening of state Route 202 in Phoenix was awarded to a joint venture of Kiewit Corp. and Sundt Construction, with URS Corp. serving as lead engineer. The project calls for additional lanes to be added in both the eastbound and westbound directions between Interstate 10/state Route 51 and state Route 101L. This also will require the widening of 19 existing bridges. Other work includes ramp reconstruction, sound walls, drainage and traffic-signal modifications. The project is estimated at $189 million, and completion is expected in summer 2010. Kiewit Corp., 3555 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. 68131. Sundt Construction, 2620 S. 55th St., Tempe, 85282-1903.
FLORIDA Parsons Brinckerhoff was awarded a contract by the Florida Dept. of Transportation for the construction of a replacement bridge over the Indian River in Brevard County. The A. Max Brewer Bridge on state Route 406 is a low-level, swing-span bridge that serves as the main link to the Merit Island Wildlife Refuge and the Canaveral National Seashore. It will be replaced with a 2,715-ft-long, two-lane, high-level, fixed-span bridge that also will traverse several parks and a boat launch. Fishing piers will be constructed at both ends of the bridge, which also will have a viewing area for nearby NASA launches. The project cost is estimated at $44 million, and completion is expected in April 2011. Parsons Brinckerhoff, 100 E. Pine St., Orlando, 32801. DR# 08-00722460.