Project Overview:
HBG Flatiron
in joint venture with Lane Construction Co, was
awarded a contract to build 11 miles of six-lane
freeway and 23 bridge structures near Raleigh,
North Carolina.
Plunging into this thirty month project, construction
crews came together in mid-August to begin clearing
operations. Not long after the first tree was
felled did earthmoving equipment mobilize and
begin the process of loading and hauling the first
of an estimated 2.85 million cubic meters of dirt
and rock that is required to excavate and import
for the 14 miles of roadway. Final bridge design
has also enabled bridge building crews to begin
preliminary work.
The bridges are located at 15 separate sites
and include both precast concrete girder and steel
girder bridges up to 16 spans in length, installed
on drilled pier foundations. The project will
be called the 'Knightdale Bypass' and will relieve
traffic congestion along US highway 64 for local
commuters and other travellers in eastern Wake
County, North Carolina. This project will be completed
in late 2004.
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