I-405, Totem Lake/Northeast 128th Street HOV direct access/freeway station |
Project description: WSDOT, working with Sound Transit, has begun work on the construction of the HOV on- and off-ramps along the Interstate 405 corridor at Northeast 128th Street in the Totem Lake area of Kirkland. This is one of nine HOV/direct access projects in the Puget Sound region to improve express bus service between regional urban centers. These projects are largely funded by Sound Transit and are constructed by WSDOT. I-405 transports approximately 150,000 vehicles a day in and around the Kirkland area. Currently, buses, vanpools and carpools traveling the I-405 HOV lanes and the Kingsgate Park and Ride have to cross three lanes of traffic to enter and exit the freeway at the bustling Northeast 124th Street interchange. As vehicles merge in and out of traffic, exit and enter the freeway, and slow and speed through this area, a greater chance of accidents occurs. The Totem Lake freeway station project will provide improved access to the HOV lanes by adding a direct ramp. The new ramp will decrease congestion on freeway ramps as carpools, buses and vanpools will no longer be merging in and out of traffic. Some of the other elements of the project include: new steel plate girder undercrossings; retaining wall construction; utility relocation; erosion control and seeding; traffic control; pond excavation; storm sewer pipe construction; a pedestrian barrier with sidewalk; traffic barriers; tree planting; construction of a roadway deck, covered walkway, bus stops and flyer stops; an illumination system; a ramp meter system; and a closed-circuit television system. Crews will use fill materials that will not erode in heavy rain, which will help fish in area streams and will allow work to continue during wet weather. Water quality treatment ponds will be built to help filter construction runoff and runoff from the freeway when construction is complete.
Address: MP 20.04-21.27 on I-405, Totem Lake area Cost: $42.02 million (award amount) Type of contract: Hard bid Start of construction: June 17, 2005 Expected completion date: Summer 2007
Contractor:
Max J. Kuney Co., Engineer: Carl Barker, WSDOT Owner: Washington State Department of Transportation
Project participants:
Agra Foundations
Apex Steel
Apply-A-Line
B&G Trucking
Bobby Wolford Trucking &
Salvage
Brothers Trucking
Brundage-Bone
Concrete Pumping
Clear Water Compliance
Services
Clifford Trucking
Concrete Barrier
Concrete Technology
Del Shull Inc.
Del Shull Trucking
Diversified Northwest
DJ & Sons Trucking
Elcon
Eversonss Econo-Vac
Gloria Jeane Hauling
Inca Engineers
Interstate Painting
Jeff Johnson Excavating
Jobsite Stud Welding
Johnson Western Gunite Co.
John-Wayne
Construction Co.
KLB Construction
KSI Transport
Lakeside Industries
Lakeside Transfer
Lochman Trucking
Max J. Kuney Co.
Meko Construction
Mic Mar Trucking
Ms. Lloyd Inc.
Mt. St. Helens Fence
Ness Trucking
Northwest Boring Co.
Northwest Cascade
Northwest Concrete Cutting
Northwest Tile & Coatings
Oltman Trucking
Pauls Trucking
Petersen Brothers
Rainier Steel
Rainier Welding
Ralphs Concrete Pumping
Sawtooth Trucking
Snohomish Tree Service
Sound Transit
Terra Dynamics
Trenchless Construction
Services
V. Van Dyke Trucking
Versatile Drilling
Contractors
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