Name of Project: US-89; State Street to 300 W. and 400 S. to North Temple
Project Location: Downtown Salt Lake City
Project Start: April 25, 2022
Project Completion: August 28, 2022
Key Project Team Members:
- Josh Hobbs, Granite Construction
- Derek Porter, Granite Construction
- Scott Fernald, Granite Construction
- Mike Bagley, Granite Construction
- Tod Aagard, Granite Construction
- Braden Anderson, UDOT
- Austin Hardcastle, UDOT
- Semi Tuiatua, UDOT
- Julie Sheppick, Horrocks
- Sarah Kay, Horrocks
- AAA — Traffic Control
- B. Jackson — Mill and Electrical
- Craghead — Utilities
- Redcon — Survey
- Road Safe — Pavement Markings
- Romero — Flatwork
- Utah Highway Patrol — Traffic Control
Tons of Asphalt Placed: 9,091 Tons of HMA ½” Fine Graded (PG 64-34)
Project Overview
The project was completed in an area with many high-profile venues, restaurants and bars in a vehicle/pedestrian traffic heavy area of downtown Salt Lake City. Work was scheduled and completed around many large events including LDS General Conference, Utah Pride Festival, Days of 47 Parade, SLC Arts Festival, SLC Greek Festival, Fan X, and various events at Vivint Area. The Utah Transit Authority had a presence on two different sections of the project requiring special permitting to work within the light rail right of way, special training and short working windows to get the project completed in these areas. Weekly coordination meetings with the owner and many stakeholders on the project proved to be affective in aiding the completion of the project to minimize the impact we had on the public, local businesses and various events in the area. The project was completed on time despite issues with concrete supply, trucking/equipment shortages, lead time on materials and other issues affecting the construction industry in the 2022 Season.
With all the foot traffic through all the intersections, we took special care to help pedestrians safely navigate the construction. While paving was going on, we took special care to make sure people (usually wearing shoes but occasionally barefoot), and often their pets, were not walking across the hot mat of asphalt. Granite Construction had zero safety incidents on this project.
Granite Construction received 100% Gradation/Asphalt Content, 100% Mat Density and 100% Joint Density Bonus on the entire project.
