Award of Merit Highway/Bridge: Exit 103 Open Road Tolling and Bridge Reconstruction Project
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.
Overlap of separate project contracts could not be well defined in design and bid phases, so constant teamwide field communication would prove critical for contractors to carry out their respective critical path schedules and craft maintenance-of-traffic plans to minimize motorist inconvenience. Another challenge was constructing a new administration building with extensive communications systems, which had to be integrated into the sequencing plan.