Project

Triangle Expressway

North Carolina's first modern toll road. One of our largest jobs, which we completed on schedule and below budget despite a one year delay in start time. The project features engraved names and embellished brickwork on its seven bridges and 86 aesthetic columns.

For N.C. Turnpike Authority - Wake County, N.C.

Large job? No problem.

Constructed a new 4 mile section of highway.
Widened a 1.5 mile section of the Durham Freeway.
Moved 1.8 million yards of earth, including more than 1 million yards of rock.
Constructed seven bridges with MSE abutments, retaining walls and noise walls.
Built five new box culverts and two box culvert extensions.
240,000 tons of asphalt produced on site with portable plant and placed with wide-screed paver, two lanes at a time.

Unique toll elements

Coordinated installation of the Open Road Tolling system and six on-site toll buildings.
Built 86 aesthetic columns for 54 signs and 16 toll gantries. Each column rested on 20-ft-deep drilled shaft foundations.
Bridges and toll structures were embellished with brickwork, engraved names and dogwood-flower details.

Safe, efficient production

Wide-screed paver installed two lanes of roadway at a time.
Temporary asphalt plant on-site produced more than 240,000 tons.
Approximately 435 S.T. Wooten and nearly 600 subcontractor employees.
GPS-controlled grading equipment.
Company-owned plants provided all ready mixed concrete.