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Crews Give Series of Houston Highways New Look As part of the ongoing effort to improve the State Highway 288 corridor in the Houston Metro Area, the Texas Department of Transportation awarded a $40 million contract to Granite Construction in July 2022 that will improve connectivity on the south side of the Houston metro area and access to the Texas Medical Center. This contract is the first in a series of four projects to improve the SH 288 corridor, all of which are within the Brazoria County limits: one at At Rodeo Palms Boulevard; one at Iowa Colony Boulevard; one at Cedar Rapids Parkway, Meridiana Parkway, Davenport Parkway; and another at Dubuque Parkway and CR 60. These four projects were let in summer 2022. Granite secured three and JB James Construction LLC was awarded one. “This project will reduce congestion on SH 288 and will improve the daily lives of commuters in the Houston metro area,” said Granite Project Executive Domingo Gonzalez. After winning its first contract, Granite was awarded two adjacent projects. The first phase covers 1 mi. of SH 288. It consists of building a new overpass along the highway, frontage roads and four main lanes to improve access into Houston for the communities using County Road 48. Granite will work with approximately 250,000 cu. yds. for embankments and another 50,000 cu. yds. during excavation. The first portion of the project, financed by Federal and State funds, began last October and is expected to be completed in early 2024. All four projects should be completed by 2025. Aguirre & Fields designed the projects at Rodeo Palms Boulevard and Iowa Colony Boulevard, while Binkley & Barfield and CONSOR covered the others.
By Irwin Rapoport
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Construction Challenges So far, Granite has set temporary precast traffic barriers, performed temporary striping, clearing/grubbing operations, see HOUSTON page 10
Part of the project involved the use of a hydraulic concrete cracker with rotation on a Cat 335F excavator to demolish the existing CR 56 Meridiana Parkway Bridge. The excavator/attachment package was rented from Bottom Line Equipment, a rental company with locations all along the Gulf Coast.
Through a series of four projects, Granite and JB James Construction LLC are in the process of upgrading SH 288 to improve connectivity on the south side of the Houston metro area to the Texas Medical Center. Crews utilize a 32 m Z-fold concrete boom pump for this portion of the project.
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