A seven-span, post-tensioned concrete box girder bridge now stands in place of a 29-span steel and timber girder bridge across a busy railyard. The original bridge was first built in the 1930s.
Eight bridges along Interstate 80 stand ready for any movement, thanks to an $18-million seismic retrofit program. It involved upgrades to four westbound and four eastbound bridges: I-700, I-717, H-844 and I-740.
The $274.5-million design-build project completes a 25-mile beltway with a new directional system interchange that reduces bridge maintenance by 50% and eliminates problematic merge and weave areas.
Featuring a four-lane, 1, 500-ft divided roadway, this $16.6-million project created a continuous route for the city of Lewisville, providing motorists with a parallel path to SH 121.
A $55.7-million renovation transformed this one-mile stretch of Broadway Street into a safer and more accessible connection between the historic downtown area and its northern inner-city neighborhoods.
As the largest infrastructure project in the Arkansas Dept. of Transportation’s history—with a lump sum of $632.9 million— 30 Crossing required extensive coordination, trust and communication between all parties.