HDR awarded Idaho DOT grade separation project
Written by jrood
The Idaho Transportation Department and Post Falls Highway District awarded HDR design of the Pleasant View Road and State Highway 53 grade separation in Kootenai County, Idaho. HDR will provide project management, roadway design, structural design, coordination with BNSF Railway, environmental permitting, hydraulic analysis and constructability review. Pleasant View Road is a two-lane, north-south rural major collector road that crosses the BNSF mainline near State Highway 53. The existing at-grade intersection is currently protected by standard railroad gates and signals. The project will reconstruct Pleasant View Road to pass over three BNSF tracks and State Highway 53 with an overpass. State Highway 53 will be accessed with on- and off-ramps. The project is part of the Bridging the Valley project, which will separate vehicle traffic from train traffic in the 42-mile corridor between Spokane, Wash. and Athol, Idaho. Final plans, specifications and estimates for the design will be completed in late 2013. Funds have been allocated to complete the project design; construction funding is not yet secured.
