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Project Overview:
FCI South
is building a new six-lane freeway to freeway interchange
for state routes 94 and 125. The $62 million Caltrans project,
located in the cities of Lemon Grove and La Mesa, is scheduled
for completion in March 2003.
This project uses the cast-in-place method which involves
first building large wooden forms, adding rebar to these forms
and pouring concrete to create the foundation of the bridge.
Columns are drilled into the ground 60-70 feet and in some
cases, rebar is inserted into the rock and then spread, providing
additional support.
What's New?
December 2002
Project is progressing as planned and is nearing completion
November 2002
All structures are completed, and joint seals are being installed
September 2002
Foundations for all structures are complete
All structures are in the final phases of construction
Roadway work connecting to various structures is ongoing
Project Features:
7 prestressed box girder bridges totaling 9,900 feet of bridge
structures
Largest structure is 2,992 feet long and rises more than 110
feet above ground
Bridges founded on cast-in-drilled-hole piles, 11 feet in diameter
and driven 60 feet deep
Other structures include 21,000 square feet of MSE walls;
3600 cubic yards of concrete retaining walls; and 54,000-square-feet
of masonry sound walls
1.2 million square feet of new road will be added to the state
highway system, equaling almost 19 miles of single lane road
Project quantities include 17 million pounds of structural steel;
60,000 cubic yards of structural concrete; 7,600 cubic yards
of concrete paving; and 39,000 tons of asphalt paving
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