Widening and Artery/Albuquerque's 1-40 in the Midst of a Makeover

摘要

Bad soils and heavy rains are making it tough for contractors reconstructing Interstate 40 in Albuquerque, but plans are still calling for a November completion on the 4-mi. rebuilding effort. The project entails the reconstruction of three lanes of westbound I-40 along with the construction of acceleration and deceleration lanes and a new inter-change structure on Pennsylvania Avenue. Albuquerque's A.S. Horner is the general contractor on both the freeway reconstruction and the 6 million dollars renovation of the Pennsylvania Avenue interchange. The project also includes under grounding an open floodway channel and detention basins for highway drainage. Funded by Gov. Bill Richardson's G.R.I.P., or Gov. Richardson's Investment Partnership, the 4-mi. project is the second phase of an eight-phase plan to rebuild I-40 in just three years. The replacement of the Washington and San Mateo bridges crossing I-40 is included in this three-year plan.