HIGHWAY DESIGN

DRMP has completed planning and design services for the extension of Nevin Road from Sugar Creek Road to Mallard Creek Road.  This project was one of the first City of Charlotte projects to apply the guiding principles of the Urban Street Design Guidelines (in draft form at the time). This project included the realignment of the existing Forest Pond subdivision entrance to coincide with the final Nevin Road and Mallard Creek Road intersection. The final roadway consisted of two lanes with a 14-foot landscaped median, four foot bike lanes in each direction, sidewalks, planting strips and street lighting. DRMP provided planning, survey, horizontal and vertical alignment, landscaping, stormwater design, utility coordination and adjustments, signalization, signing and pavement marking, and public involvement services to successfully complete this project. 

 

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DRMP is providing design and plans production of the highway, bridge, drainage, signal, signing and marking, environmental permitting, right-of-way and lighting plans for the proposed construction of a 1-mile multi-lane, urban arterial highway that will serve as a bypass through the Lakeland urban area.  This roadway should alleviate some of the traffic congestion from US 98 (Memorial Boulevard), and the downtown area, by providing a means of getting through the downtown area without disrupting the local street network. The proposed alignment starts on the west end of town, as a four-lane section with curb and gutter. From the Old George Jenkins Highway (SR 600), it runs east then northeasterly across some vacant land owned by CSX Transportation. The road then bridges the CSX Transportation railroad and the Florida Tile industrial area.  The roadway comes down from the bridge and intersects with a realigned Kathleen Road.  The roadway curves to the east and intersects with Martin L. King, Jr. Avenue. One lane was added on each side and the alignment continues on to its terminus at Florida Avenue as a six-lane urban curb and gutter section.  Bike lanes and sidewalks have been incorporated along most of the project.

 

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This project is a complex urban multi-lane design on a State and Federal roadway listed on the Florida Intrastate Highway System and the Strategic Intermodal System. DRMP is providing services for the design of SR 95 from four to six-lanes from Interstate 10 to ½ mile north of SR 10 (US 90A , Nine Mile Road). This project includes the replacement of the overpass bridges at the unique non-limited access interchange at Nine Mile Road, as well as the design of several storm water treatment ponds, bus bays, sidewalks, and improvements at major intersections.

 

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DRMP provided design services for the widening of a 3.7-mile section of SR 434 (Alafaya Trail) from an undivided rural arterial to a six-lane section with a raised median.  Sidewalks, bicycle lanes, bus bays, and roadway lighting were all included to allow the corridor to be used most effectively as the project’s location was in close proximity to the University of Central Florida campus.  The existing bridge over the Econlockhatchee River was widened, and extensive retaining walls were constructed to minimize the impacts on the river channel and the adjacent wetlands.  Roadway runoff within the immediate facility of the bridge is collected and treated in concrete basins beneath the new bridge.  To accommodate stormwater runoff elsewhere, five new wet or dry ponds were constructed.  Five new traffic signals were installed, and each access driveway or side street intersection was carefully evaluated to properly implement the FDOT’s recently adopted Access Management Guidelines.  Where space was available in medians and at roadside, landscaping, including irrigation systems and earthen berms were provided to complement the roadway section.

 

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DRMP provided design services for the City of Tampa for the addition of turn lanes along MacDill Avenue at Kennedy Boulevard.  The project required roadway plan design, signalization improvements, inter-agency coordination with FDOT District Seven, Hillsborough County, private developments and other utilities.  The project included safety improvements such as bringing the roadway into compliance with ADA and drainage improvements included adding additional inlets to correct flooding problems. 

 

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DRMP is providing engineering design and planning services on a two mile roadway widening of Ebinport Road from Cherry Road to India Hook Road. This project is in a very congested area serving numerous residential driveways, neighborhood streets, shopping centers, and an elementary school.  The goals of the project are to enhance safety and traffic operations by providing a median left turn lane, bike lanes and sidewalks.  Ebinport Road is also a designated part of the Rock Hill Area Trail System.

 

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