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Construction Starts on Phase Two of I-85 Corridor Improvement Project
Image by NCDOTcommunications
Crews officially started construction on May 19 on the first project made possible by Gov. Bev Perdue’s new Mobility Fund. Phase two of the I-85 Corridor Improvement Project in Davidson County will widen 3.8 miles of I-85 north of the Yadkin River and reconstruct the Belmont Road interchange.
NCDOT broke ground last September on the first phase of the project, which involves replacing eight bridges and widening 3.3 miles of I-85. Phase two extends the reach of the interstate widening from north of N.C. 150 to just north of I-85 Business, creating four lanes in each direction. Work on both phases will be concurrent and should be complete in 2013.
Phase two includes moving roughly 1 million cubic yards of dirt, which would fill 314 Olympic-sized swimming pools, and paving with about 117,000 tons, the equivalent of 7,800 tractor trailers, of asphalt.
The Joint Venture team will utilize an innovative approach to minimize the effects of transporting these materials on motorists. Rather than relying on the highway to haul them, the contractor will use new ramps built from the bridges at Clark and Belmont roads into the I-85 median, which will take 13,000 truckloads off the interstate.
Construction Starts on Phase Two of I-85 Corridor Improvement Project
Image by NCDOTcommunications
Crews officially started construction on May 19 on the first project made possible by Gov. Bev Perdue’s new Mobility Fund. Phase two of the I-85 Corridor Improvement Project in Davidson County will widen 3.8 miles of I-85 north of the Yadkin River and reconstruct the Belmont Road interchange.
NCDOT broke ground last September on the first phase of the project, which involves replacing eight bridges and widening 3.3 miles of I-85. Phase two extends the reach of the interstate widening from north of N.C. 150 to just north of I-85 Business, creating four lanes in each direction. Work on both phases will be concurrent and should be complete in 2013.
Phase two includes moving roughly 1 million cubic yards of dirt, which would fill 314 Olympic-sized swimming pools, and paving with about 117,000 tons, the equivalent of 7,800 tractor trailers, of asphalt.
The Joint Venture team will utilize an innovative approach to minimize the effects of transporting these materials on motorists. Rather than relying on the highway to haul them, the contractor will use new ramps built from the bridges at Clark and Belmont roads into the I-85 median, which will take 13,000 truckloads off the interstate.
I-85 Corridor Improvement Project – Temporary Work Bridge Construction – Nov. 8, 2010
Image by NCDOTcommunications
Crews are starting on the south side of the Yadkin River and building one span of the temporary bridge at a time. Once they have the first section in place, they will use it to build the next section and so forth until they reach the other side of the river. They estimate the project will take 5 months to complete. This image was taken Nov. 8, 2010.