Project Overview:
FCI South
is building a 400-meter-long by 9-meter-high tie-back wall,
and construction of three cast-in-place, box culvert bridges.
This $36.5 million freeway extension was delayed for several
months from the original September 2000 start-up date because
of problems with relocating water lines and a natural gas
pipeline. However, crews were able to proceed with work on
two drainage systems, a box culvert and a vertical wall channel.
Construction of the reinforced concrete box culvert at the
San Antonio Wash was finished in early October 2001 and the
entire project was approximately 50 percent completed by September
2001, and all work should be completed by this winter.
What's New?
December 2002
Final work wrapping up in February
November 2002
Freeway is open to traffic
Project Features:
1.7 miles of new freeway alignment
Four general-use, and one HOV lane eastbound, and three general-use,
and one HOV lane westbound
Excavation of 1,500,000 cubic yards of roadway
Post-tensioned, cast-in-place box girder bridges at Monte
Vista Avenue, Baseline Road, and the Baseline Road on/off
ramp
1,300-foot-long retaining wall that is 32 feet high with
a 12-inch-thick, structural concrete facing and a cobblestone
architectural finish
17,000 linear feet of reinforced concrete pipe storm drains
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