Creative Problem Solving Speeds Illinois Tollway Work

This article describes a 10-year capital improvement program aimed at reducing congestion on the 264-mile Illinois Tollway. The $5.3 billion project includes adding one lane in each direction to nearly half of the toll road, as well as rebuilding and restoring 90 percent of the roadway. Most of the total budget for the project will be spent between 2005 and 2009. Recent increases in construction costs as well as the availability of contractors and work crews in the area led the tollway to adopt a design/build approach to encourage creative solutions to speed up the process and reduce costs. The first toll plaza conversions were still being designed as they were constructed. The article describes in greater detail the changes in the tollway’s toll plazas.

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• Authors:
  • Reid, Robert L
• Publication Date: 2006-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 31-33
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 76
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated toll collection; Design build; Rehabilitation; Road construction; Toll roads
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01023307
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 28 2006 8:08AM