Intersection of Partnership & Performance

This project resurfaced 1.94 miles of Capitol Drive/WIS 190 to improve safety and operations and extend pavement life. The involved replacing the pavement and base course along with subgrade improvements in the concrete section and milling and replacing the asphalt layer with base patching in the asphalt section. Complex staging allowed a single lane of traffic in each direction to remain open along WIS 190 with single lane closures and crossovers.

A joint venture of Ayres and three partner firms provided design engineering for the I-39/90 freeway from the Rock County line to north of the USH 12/US 18 interchange at Madison. The 21-mile project involved expanding from four lanes to six and upgrading all interchanges and designing new structures and structure widenings. Reconstruction involved replacing the pavement structure with 12 to 13 inches of concrete pavement and an improved subgrade.

Ayres’ design upgraded the at-grade intersection of US 53 and US 63 to a full-service interchange to improve traffic flow and safety. The project involved extensive traffic analysis of existing operations and proposed alternatives, including a J-turn. About 1 mile of US 53 was reconstructed, and several local roads were reconfigured. Extensive public outreach and governmental coordination were required.

Part of Tampa’s InVision Center City Plan, which proposes road repurposing to provide safe, walkable, and bikeable neighborhood connectivity, the project designed the reconfiguration 0.4 mile of Columbus Drive, a two-lane undivided arterial roadway and gateway to historic Ybor City. A key feature is the use of specially designed tree wells that use filtered stormwater for irrigation while maintaining the existing stormwater trunk line systems.

Ayres prepared traffic signalization plans for the Mansfield Boulevard and Oakwood Preserve Drive intersection. Signalization of this stop-controlled intersection that serves Wiregrass Elementary School and John Long Middle School improves pedestrian safety and better manages traffic.

After helping Marinette win $4.9 million in grants, our team designed the reconstruction of Main, Wells, and Ludington Streets, including sanitary sewer and water main. Ludington was urbanized, including parking lanes and sidewalk. A compact roundabout at Wells provides capacity and calms traffic near the Fincantieri plant. On Main, closure of an intersecting street and construction of a raised pedestrian crossing with rapid flashing beacons calm traffic.

This study for The Historic Third Ward Association recommended parking improvements to meet the needs of businesses, residents, and visitors. The study included weekday/weekend data collection and information gathering on parking regulations for every block face and parking ramp. With the steering committee, Ayres established parking operation criteria for acceptable walking distances and determined space occupancy and turnover rates.

County CE is a major arterial high-speed four-lane divided expressway, and its intersection with Railroad Street services over 30,000 vehicles per day with a history of dozens of crashes resulting in injuries. This HISP-HRRR safety improvement project included traffic analysis to examine four alternatives for improvements. The RCUT was chosen and involves signalization along with two U-turn intersections to eliminate some dangerous left-turn movements.

When a student at Crews Lake Middle School convinced Pasco County officials that safety demanded signalization of the Shady Hills Road/Softwind Lane/Crela Drive intersection just outside the school, the County looked to Ayres for an extremely accelerated design effort to make that summer proposal a reality by the start of the school year. Ayres delivered plans two weeks later for the installation of a traffic signal system.