I-94 Dan Ryan Expressway
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| Project Title: | I-94 Dan Ryan Expressway | |
| Location: | 71st Street to I-57 | |
| Client: | Illinois Dept. of Transportation; two projects involved | |
| General Contractor: | Walsh Construction Company | |
| Key Services/ Tonnage (combined for both projects): |
Mill off 7,200 sq. yards of original surface | |
| 4.5" Bituminous Stabilized Sub-base | 62,188 T. | |
| Binder Asphalt Course | 6,147 T. | |
| Surface Asphalt Course | 3,114 T. | |
| GACO Budget: | $7,000,000+ | |
| Time Frame: | Ongoing | |
| Notes: | Both day and night work has been required in this ongoing project. Gallagher’s activity started in July of 2006. Project is slated to continue through a large portion of the 2007 construction season. | |
Rebuild lanes between 71st Street & the I-94/I-57 junction and add new lanes
One of the most traveled interstate highways in the entire country, Chicago’s Dan Ryan Expressway (I-94) logs an almost unbelievable number of vehicle miles each day, every day of the week. That includes cars AND trucks.
Gallagher’s two bids to rebuild and expand portions of this massive thoroughfare were accepted, and construction was begun in early summer of 2006, and still continues right up through the present time, as the project is slated to run through a good portion of the 2007 construction season.
Through sweltering heat and bone-chilling cold, and everything in between, Gallagher’s milling and paving crews worked—and continue to work—day and (often) night. Thanks to effective construction management, Gallagher’s production schedule continues to run on, or ahead of, schedule.
Whether from the air or on the ground, the size and scope of this major project, while daunting to most asphalt contractors, has been handled efficiently and professionally from start to finish.
For projects such as this, with both the volume of work required, as well as the incredible volumes of traffic 24 hours a day, it just made sense to secure the site for optimal safety of not simply the crews and equipment, but for the drivers of the unending streams of cars and trucks. The project uses concrete barrier walls to achieve these ends. Also for maximum expediency in the paving process, Gallagher is using a shuttle buggy to feed asphalt into the paving hoppers, so that the pavers can continue to pave almost non-stop, yet not run out of mix.
