HOW TO BUILD A $51 MILLION VIADUCT ABOVE THE MEDIAN
The California Department of Transportation's new High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes will speed commuters along 50 feet above the median of the Harbor Freeway in south central Los Angeles. Much of the 19.6 mile I-110 Harbor Freeway Transitway Project will be built at grade, widening the freeway by 35 ft on each side, but in areas where additional right-of-way was not available the viaduct over the median has become the answer. A key goal of the project is to minimize disruptions caused by the construction to normal traffic. To date the effect of the viaduct construction over the median on traffic has been minimal, due to the use of innovative, contractor-redesigned pier caps and extensive planning and communication efforts by Caltrans. Further details of the construction of the 1.5-mile viaduct between Slauson Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard by C.C. Meyers, Inc., Rancho Cordova, California, are provided in this article. Also, an insert is included that describes Caltrans' public relation effort.
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Corporate Authors:
Cahners Publishing Company
275 Washington Street
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Authors:
- Klemens, T L
- Publication Date: 1991-6
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: p. 28-31
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Serial:
- Highways and Heavy Construction
- Volume: 134
- Issue Number: 7
- Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
- ISSN: 0362-0506
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Construction management; Guideways; High occupancy vehicle lanes; High occupancy vehicles; Innovation; Public relations; Traffic lanes; Viaducts
- Geographic Terms: Los Angeles (California)
- Old TRIS Terms: Reserved lanes
- Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Terminals and Facilities; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00608659
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 31 1991 12:00AM