• Reconstruction and updates to Barnum Park, including a bicycle and pedestrian bridge connecting Barnum and Barnum North Parks.

Proposers were then asked if they would complete additional work above and beyond the original scope. FHU and Edward Kraemer and Sons Inc. committed to additional work, including:

• Extending the northbound I-25 collector-distributor road, including the necessary bridge;

• Resurfacing the existing eastbound and westbound U.S. 6 to northbound I-25 flyover bridge;

• Reconstructing U.S. 6 from Knox Court to just east of I-25 near the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad;

• Various bridge repairs to the flyover ramps at the I-25/6th Avenue interchange;

• As well as additional scope and amenities to all the parks within the project limits.

In addition to updating the aging infrastructure, motorists will experience improved operations at the U.S. 6/I-25 and U.S. 6/Bryant Street interchanges. Several challenging weave movements on eastbound and westbound U.S. 6 will be replaced with direct connection ramps, separating each movement into an exclusive lane, while maintaining access to Bryant Street.

The project will also improve traffic operations on northbound I-25 by separating traffic exiting to U.S. 6 from through traffic on northbound I-25, allowing the I-25 traffic and traffic exiting to U.S. 6 to function independently.


Design of the $98-million project will likely begin in June with construction starting in the fall of 2013. The project is estimated to be complete by the end of July 2016.