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Curtis Consulting of West Point was awarded a $28.5 million contract by the [[Commonwealth Transportation Board]] at their meeting on [[July 19]], [[2019]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Albemarle County Design-Build Projects|url=https://www.virginiadot.org/projects/culpeper/albdesignbuild.asp|author=|work=Website|publisher=Virginia Department of Transportation|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=August 17, 2019}}</ref>
Curtis Consulting of West Point was awarded a $28.5 million contract by the [[Commonwealth Transportation Board]] at their meeting on [[July 19]], [[2019]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Albemarle County Design-Build Projects|url=https://www.virginiadot.org/projects/culpeper/albdesignbuild.asp|author=|work=Website|publisher=Virginia Department of Transportation|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=August 17, 2019}}</ref>
This project has a total cost of $18.4 million. Engineering and development of roadway plans is estimated to cost $2.3 million. Right of way and utility relocation is estimated to cost $1.1 million. Construction is budgeted at $15 million.
==Project purpose==
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"This project will build a diverging diamond interchange (DDI) on Route 250 and make other low-cost improvements for safety and congestion relief. The work also includes ramp improvements, new signals and signal upgrades, drainage improvements and utility relocations.
"By shifting vehicles to the opposite side of the road, this design eliminates traditional left turns that cross over oncoming traffic.
"The DDI improves safety by reducing the number of spots where vehicles could collide and can handle more than 600 left-turn movements per hour, twice the capacity of a conventional interchange.
"Virginia’s first DDI opened in 2014 at the I-64/Route 15 interchange at Zion Crossroads in Louisa County.


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Revision as of 22:16, 17 August 2019

The Interstate 64 at exit 124 Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) is a planned transportation improvement planned by the Virginia Department of Transportation that is one of six Albemarle County Design-Build Projects combined into one contract.

Curtis Consulting of West Point was awarded a $28.5 million contract by the Commonwealth Transportation Board at their meeting on July 19, 2019. [1]

This project has a total cost of $18.4 million. Engineering and development of roadway plans is estimated to cost $2.3 million. Right of way and utility relocation is estimated to cost $1.1 million. Construction is budgeted at $15 million.

Project purpose

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"This project will build a diverging diamond interchange (DDI) on Route 250 and make other low-cost improvements for safety and congestion relief. The work also includes ramp improvements, new signals and signal upgrades, drainage improvements and utility relocations.

"By shifting vehicles to the opposite side of the road, this design eliminates traditional left turns that cross over oncoming traffic.

"The DDI improves safety by reducing the number of spots where vehicles could collide and can handle more than 600 left-turn movements per hour, twice the capacity of a conventional interchange.

"Virginia’s first DDI opened in 2014 at the I-64/Route 15 interchange at Zion Crossroads in Louisa County.

Timeline

  • July 19, 2019: CTB award scheduled as part of larger design-build project


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References

  1. Web. Albemarle County Design-Build Projects, Website, Virginia Department of Transportation, retrieved August 17, 2019.

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