When completed, the new overpass will have multi-use pathways on either side, each three meters wide. The new overpass will be significantly higher. The overpass, built in the 1960s, is lower than the other nearby overpasses, and truck drivers who fail to check their clearances in advance have run afoul of it multiple times. This has resulted in partial closures of the overpass to make repairs, and has damaged or completely demolished several trucks and trailers. Over the last few years, overheight vehicles have repeatedly smashed into the structure, usually heading east. Upgrading the Glover Road overpass is also meant to stop trucks from slamming into it. The new overpass is expected to open in the summer of 2024. The extra lanes will be HOV/electric vehicle lanes. Some bus routes will be affected by the change, with scheduling information available via The $19.5 million overpass replacement is part of a wider project to widen Highway One to six lanes all the way from 216th Street to 264th Street. Ministry of Transportation is asking drivers and cyclists to use the 216th Street overpass to the west, while trucks and commercial vehicles are directed to detour to 232nd Street’s interchange. The overpass will be closed to all cars, pedestrians, and cyclists between University Drive to the south, and Telegraph Trail to the north. In addition to the bridge design, Associated Engineering also provided all the highway engineering services, utility relocation services, preparation of technical specifications and full-time on-site construction inspection and contract management services.A year-long closure of the Glover Road highway overpass begins next Monday, March 13, and drivers in Langley will have to adjust their routes. Given that the bridge crosses the heavily trafficked Highway 16, the design incorporated the use of twin steel box girders and full width precast concrete soffit forms to limit traffic disruptions and facilitate a reduced construction window. Upon approval of the preliminary design, Associated Engineering completed the detailed design of the overpass structure. The preliminary design stage involved the investigation of five alternative intersection options all centered around a 48 metre, two lane bridge overpass. The Ministry of Forests and Range considered that intersection improvements, including the construction of an overpass and realignments of sections of Bobtail Forest Service Road to access the proposed overpass, would help mitigate operational safety concerns.Īssociated Engineering teamed with another consultant to provide engineering services to the Ministry for design of the overpass and intersection improvements. These challenges were expected to grow with the increasing traffic. The high operating speed on the two-lane Highway 16 (100 km/hr design speed), combined with the slow acceleration of heavily loaded industrial trucks crossing the highway or turning to or from Highway 16, created a safety concern. The full movement Bobtail Forest Service Road with Highway 16 intersection, approximately 50 kilometres west of Prince George, did not have auxiliary turn lanes or acceleration/deceleration lanes for traffic moving between.
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