{"id":21576,"date":"2023-09-05T10:33:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/skanska-wins-834m-highway-improvement-project\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T10:33:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:33:25","slug":"skanska-wins-834m-highway-improvement-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/skanska-wins-834m-highway-improvement-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Skanska wins $834M highway improvement project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ed-secondary-content-box ed-secondary-content-box--expandable\">\n<p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Award<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span>:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>I-405 corridor improvement<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Value<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span><span>: $834 million<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Location<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>: Bothell, Washington<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Client<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span><span>:\u00a0Washington state DOT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Skanska USA, the American arm of the Sweden-based contractor and developer, has inked a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.cision.com\/skanska\/r\/skanska-improves-the-i-405-corridor-in-bothell--washington--usa--for-usd-834m--about-sek-8-8-billion,c3829394\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$834 million contract<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> with the Washington state DOT to make operational improvements to 4.5 miles of the I-405 corridor in Bothell, Washington.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The goal of the work, dubbed \u201cThe I-405, Brickyard to SR 537 Improvement Project,\u201d is to create a dual express toll lane from south of the I-405\/SR 522 interchange to the I-405\/SR 527 interchange.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The I-405-SR 167 corridor serves a growing region in the state, according to Washington DOT, and increases in population, business and jobs have placed <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wsdot.wa.gov\/construction-planning\/search-projects\/i-405sr-522-vicinity-sr-527-express-toll-lanes-improvement-project\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>higher demand on transportation systems<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. A major part of its transportation master plan, Washington DOT says, is to build the express toll lane from Puyallup to Lynnwood.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Project work will include new lanes, direct access ramps, infrastructure supporting the Stride Bus Rapid Transit program and new fish passage culverts.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Sound Transit agency plans to make an inline station at a park and ride in Bothell, where it intends to launch the BRT along I-405. Work done by the improvement project will enable BRT vehicles to drive exclusively through the new express lanes, increasing reliability and reducing travel times.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Skanska will begin construction in November 2023, and anticipates delivery in late 2028. The contractor included the project in its U.S. order bookings for Q3.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/skanska-i-405-washington-highway-project\/692725\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Award:\u00a0I-405 corridor improvementValue: $834 millionLocation: Bothell, WashingtonClient:\u00a0Washington state DOT Skanska USA, the American arm of the Sweden-based contractor and &#8230; <a title=\"Skanska wins $834M highway improvement project\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/skanska-wins-834m-highway-improvement-project\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Skanska wins $834M highway improvement project\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[457],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction-dive","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}