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Month: September 2011

SR 826 (Palmetto Expressway) / NW 74 Street & Okeechobee Road

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SR 826 (Palmetto Expressway) / NW 74 Street & Okeechobee Road

  • Contract Type: Conventional Bid

  • Contract Amount: $71 million

  • Location: Miami-Dade County, Florida

  • Client: FDOT District Six

  • Completed: 2007

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This $71 million project included the construction of the SR 826 Interchanges at NW 74th Street and at US 27 in Miami-Dade County. 
The project provided 11 bridges including four structural steel bridges, five pre-stressed concrete girder bridges and two cast-in-place concrete bridges.
The de Moya Group submitted six Value Engineering Change Proposals that were approved by the FDOT and provided substantial project savings.

Project Features:

  • Extensive erosion control and environmental protections for the canal crossings and the adjacent canal for the entire construction duration.
  • Major construction activities included bridge work, pile and bulkhead construction, embankment, paving, lighting, signalization, and signing.
  • The de Moya Group’s project personnel were extremely proficient in resolving constructability, right-of-way, and utility conflicts throughout the duration of the work.

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I-95 Okeechobee Blvd Interchange

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I-95 Okeechobee Blvd Interchange

  • Contract Type: Conventianal Bid

  • Contract Amount: $28 million

  • Location: Palm Beach County, Florida

  • Client: FDOT District Four

  • Completed: 2001

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The project provided for the reconstruction of the I-95/ Okeechobee Boulevard interchange from south of Australian Boulevard to Congress Avenue and replaced the outdated and dysfunctional existing clover-leaf interchange design with a new double curved box girder flyover bridge (approximately 900 LF).
Work also included providing a new eight-laned concrete girder bridge over I-95, reconstruction of all on and off ramps, new signalized intersections on Okeechobee Boulevard both east and west of I-95 at the on/ off-ramp terminals which included triple left turn movements, the addition of auxiliary and general purpose lanes on I-95 in each direction with two-lane on/ off ramps, and milling and resurfacing of existing I-95.  

Project Features:

  • Ramp bridge on a sharp 490-foot radius curve carrying traffic from westbound Okeechobee Boulevard over I-95 and Okeechobee Boulevard to southbound I-95.
  • Removal of existing loop ramps in the northeast, northwest and southwest quadrants and reconstructing the loop ramp in the southeast quadrant.
  • Substructure consisting of end bents and hammerhead single column piers on pre-stressed concrete piling.
  • Sound walls, decorative MSE walls, decorative precast gravity walls, jack and bores, and extensive landscaping.
  • Complex MOT schemes were required to ensure traffic was afforded access to Okeechobee Boulevard and I-95 throughout the 18-month accelerated construction schedule.
  • DMG Value Engineering concept to provide full superstructure replacement in lieu of hydrodemolition  and bridge jacking.

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