A worker uses a roller to compact backfill next to the abutment of the new Broadway Road bridge over I-10
Workers install drainage pipe near Broadway Road and Interstate 10. First, an excavator digs a trench for the pipeline. Then, workers lower the pipe into the trench.
After installing drainage pipe near Broadway Road and I-10, workers backfill the trench.
Workers tie rebar for the new Collector-Distributor road bridge over Southern Avenue.
Workers tie rebar for the new southbound bridge that will connect southbound State Route 143 to southbound 48th Street.
Following paving and lane striping, workers reopened 48th Street in Tempe between 14th Street and Medtronic Way on July 10, 2022.
While 48th Street is open, workers will continue working in this area over the summer as they widen the northbound State Route 143 bridge over the Tempe Drain.
Did you know asphalt is not the roadway on which we drive? Asphalt is the sticky, semi-solid form of petroleum used to bind aggregate (small rocks) together to form asphaltic pavement.
On July 8, 2022, workers repaved 48th Street in Tempe between 14th Street and Medtronic Way.
Workers began forming the abutments for the new bridge that will connect westbound US 60 to westbound I-10.
A single worker on each side of the girder helps the crane operators place the girder.
On July 9, 2022, workers erected 17 girders for the Broadway Road bridge over westbound Interstate 10.
Each girder is approximately 180 feet long and weighs approximately 120 tons.
When complete, the new Broadway Road bridge will have four spans: one over eastbound I-10, one over westbound I-10 (pictured here), and one over each of the Collector-Distributor roads.
Two cranes work together to erect each girder.
After installing drainage pipe under Guadalupe Road east of the bridge over I-10, workers backfill the trench.
During the weekend of July 16-17, crews installed vehicle count detection devices in the westbound I-10 travel lanes near Elliot and Warner roads. These devices help calculate travel times shown on overhead message signs along the freeway.
A worker removes lane lines in preparation to restripe westbound I-10 south of Baseline Road.
A worker saw cuts the I-10 median barrier near Guadalupe Road.
July 16-17, crews shifted the temporary construction barrier along westbound Interstate 10 from the shoulder toward the median so they could establish a safe work zone in the median.
