Workers use cranes and a drilling rig to begin constructing the foundations for the new bridges that will eventually connect State Route 143 to Interstate 10.
Workers begin by drilling a shaft for the bridge foundation.
This shaft is 120 inches wide.
While one crews drills the shaft, another crew ties rebar together.
Then, a crew lowers the rebar cage into the drilled shaft
Crews remove pavement along eastbound I-10 as part of the 40th Street ramp reconfiguration.
Workers pump concrete into a drilled shaft for the foundations of the new bridges that will eventually connect State Route 143 to Interstate 10.
Workers place a panel as they construct a Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) retaining wall.
Crews place engineered fill, a component of the MSE retaining wall system, which supports the final roadway pavement.
Crews remove the barrier along eastbound I-10 over the Salt River so they can begin widening the bridge.
Crews are constructing a multiuse bridge over I-10 at Alameda Drive.
The Alameda Drive multiuse bridge access ramps feature maze patterns and lizards.
Workers use a crane to move bridge deck paving equipment onto the new bridge that will eventually connect westbound US 60 to westbound I-10.
Workers place part of the new Broadway Road bridge deck. This section will be over the future eastbound Collector-Distributor (CD) road.
Workers are constructing this Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) retaining wall next to the ramp that connects westbound US 60 to westbound Interstate 10.
Crews construct an abutment of the multiuse bridge over I-10 at the Western Canal.
Workers place concrete for the foundation of a light pole next to the ramp that connects westbound US 60 to westbound Interstate 10.
Once workers complete the MSE wall, they will begin building a sound wall on top of it.
Workers place a panel of the Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) retaining wall next to the ramp that connects westbound US 60 to westbound I-10.
The multiuse bridge over I-10 at the Western Canal will include two MSE walls where these concrete leveling pads sit.
Workers use a drilling rig to begin constructing the foundations for the bridge that will widen eastbound I-10 over the Salt River.
Workers secure the drilled-shaft foundation liner by pouring concrete around it.
Workers install a drilled-shaft foundation liner for the bridge that will widen eastbound I-10 over the Salt River.
This liner is 10 feet wide.
Workers tie rebar together for the bridge that will widen eastbound I-10 over the Salt River.
A worker installs a drilling bit on a drilling rig to begin constructing the foundations for the bridge that will widen eastbound I-10 over the Salt River.
A crew excavates along eastbound Interstate 10 between 32nd and 40th Street in preparation for widening this section of freeway.
Workers secure the drilled-shaft foundation liner by pouring concrete around it.
A crew uses a crane to install a drilled-shaft foundation liner for the bridge that will widen eastbound I-10 over the Salt River.
Workers tie rebar together for the bridge that will widen eastbound I-10 over the Salt River.