US 27 at SR 60 Interchange Polk County 1 2 Project Overview - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

US 27 at SR 60 Interchange Polk County 1

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Project Overview Single Point Urban • US 27 Limits: Interchange Lake Altamaha to CSX Railroad crossing north of Central Ave. • SR 60 Limits: Central Ave. to Martin Luther King Blvd. • Central Ave. Limits: Approx. 800-FT west of US 27 to Miami St. • US 27 / SR 60 Interchange: Replace existing bridges with a single wider and longer bridge Reconfigure the interchange to a Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI) 3

Proposed SPUI Interchange 4

Advantages of a Single Point Urban Interchange • Increases sight distance under the bridge due to no median bridge pier on US 27-improves safety by increasing sight distance Single Point Urban • Increases the volume of vehicles traveling through Interchange the intersection within a single traffic signal phase • Increase intersection efficiency by reducing signal phases from four phase to three phases • Accommodates larger left turn radii for larger design vehicles • Eliminates the long loop ramps and distanced traveled by the traveling public • Increased turn lane queue 5 storage

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Right-of-Way Acquired 9 Right-of-Way Acquired

Noise Barrier Location SHARP ST Construct Noise Barrier S MIAMI ST LIME AVE 10

Noise Barrier Description • Barrier Height – 16 Feet • 585 Feet in Length • Placed 5 Feet Inside FDOT Right- of-Way • Color – Light Beige • Texture – Ashlar Stone Panels With Smooth Posts 11

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Construction Detours Detour Plan for Project • Detours will only be used during night-time work (11 PM – 5 AM) • Most detours will be associated with single night operations • Detours at Central Ave will be more frequent to construct concrete pavement 13

Construction Detour Detour Plan for Frontage Road & SR 60 Closure • SR 60 Eastbound - W. Central Ave. (EB) - US 27 (SB) - SR 60 (EB) • SR 60 Westbound (Reverse movements as Eastbound detour) • Frontage Rd Eastbound - Mulberry St. (SB) - Oak Ave (EB) Oak Ave - US 27 (SB) Work Zone - US 27 (NB) utilizes median U-turn Mulberry St • Frontage Rd Westbound - SR 60 (WB) - W. Central Ave. (EB) - US 27 (NB or SB) 14

Construction Detour Detour Plan for US 27 Closure • S 1 st St US 27 Southbound - W. Central Ave. (WB) - SR 60 (EB) - US 27 (SB) • US 27 Northbound - SR 60 (EB) S. 1 st St. (NB) - - W. Central Ave. (WB) - US 27 (SB) Work Zone 15

Construction Detour Detour Plan for US 27 Closure South of SR 60 • US 27 Southbound S 1 st St - SR 60 (EB) S. 1 st St. (SB) - - Winston Ave. (EB) - SR 17 (SB) Work Zone - Hunt Brothers Rd. (WB) - US 27 (SB) Winston Ave • US 27 Northbound - Reverse movements as Southbound detour • US 27 Northbound (between SR 60 & Hunt Brothers Rd.) - US 27 (NB) utilizes median U-turn to Hunt Brothers Rd. 16

Construction Detour (Commercial Vehicle) Detour Plan for US 27 Closure Mountain Lake • US 27 Southbound Cutoff Rd - Mountain Lake Cutoff Rd. (EB) - SR 17 (SB) - Hunt Brothers Rd. (WB) - US 27 (SB) • US 27 Northbound - Reverse movements as Southbound detour Work Zone Hunt Brothers Rd 17

Frontage road area Gibson Ave. & S. Sharp St. 18

Gibson Avenue and South Sharp Street will be closed and rerouted. 19

Frontage Road along SR 60 to aid the access management to local businesses 20

Design – Complete Right-of-Way Acquisition – Complete Start of Construction – September 2020 Construction Completion – Early 2025 21

Project Contacts: Corine Burgess, Community Outreach Manager corine.burgess@dot.state.fl.us (863) 225-0422 Benjamin Harris, Project Administrator bharris@eismanrusso.com (863) 286-5838 Daniel W. Foss, P.E., Senior Project Engineer dfoss@eismanrusso.com (813) 205-6135 22

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