ACPA Concrete Pavement Progress Q2 2020

www.acpa.org Quarter 2, 2020 9 O K L A H O M A C I T Y B O U L E V A R D » continued from page 6 stabilized subgrade. The side streets are tied into the boulevard with 9-in. doweled concrete pavement over an 8-in. base. Traffic management and access were also important considerations. “We didn’t interfere with traffic ex- cept to reroute traffic to another intersection when we built the new intersections connecting existing side streets,” explains Angier. In addition to the challenges of locating utilities that were not anticipated, as well as finding bridge foot- ings that had not been removed, another challenge of the road construction was communicating work schedules with contractors working on other major projects, says Todd Steelman, project coordinator for Allen Contracting. In addition to the convention center, basketball arena, city park, and hotel that were built during the bou- levard construction, a 4.8 mile streetcar system that serves downtown OKC also crossed the boulevard. continues on page 10 »