Interstate 90/94 Dan Ryan Expressway Reconstruction Project
Interstate 90/94 Dan Ryan Expressway Reconstruction Project
Interstate 90/94 Dan Ryan Expressway Reconstruction Project
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<strong>Interstate</strong> <strong>90</strong>/<strong>94</strong><br />
<strong>Dan</strong> <strong>Ryan</strong> <strong>Expressway</strong><br />
<strong>Reconstruction</strong> <strong>Project</strong><br />
By<br />
John Fortmann<br />
Bureau Chief of Design<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
Region One<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation
<strong>Interstate</strong> <strong>90</strong>/<strong>94</strong><br />
<strong>Dan</strong> <strong>Ryan</strong> <strong>Expressway</strong> <strong>Reconstruction</strong> <strong>Project</strong><br />
15th Street to I-57 Interchange<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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The <strong>Dan</strong> <strong>Ryan</strong> <strong>Expressway</strong><br />
2nd Busiest <strong>Expressway</strong> in the U.S.<br />
• Over 300,000 Vehicles Daily<br />
• 20% Multi-unit Trucks<br />
The Most <strong>Dan</strong>gerous <strong>Expressway</strong> in the<br />
State<br />
• 8,200 Accidents / 25 Deaths -3 Yr.<br />
Period<br />
• Averages 7 Accidents/day<br />
Opened 1963 - More Than 40 Years Old<br />
3 System Interchanges<br />
• I-55 (Stevenson <strong>Expressway</strong>)<br />
• I-<strong>90</strong> (Chicago Skyway)<br />
• I-57/I-<strong>94</strong><br />
19 Service Interchanges<br />
6 Railroad Grade Separations<br />
Total <strong>Project</strong> Length = 11 Miles<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Purpose and Need for the <strong>Project</strong><br />
Improve public safety<br />
Improve traffic flow and decrease<br />
congestion<br />
Improve condition of pavement and<br />
bridges<br />
Improve roadway lighting<br />
Improve roadway drainage<br />
• 5 of top 10 flood areas<br />
Enhance overall appearance of<br />
expressway<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Phase I: Community Outreach<br />
• Over 40 meetings with elected officials, community<br />
leaders and business owners<br />
• Deadline for public input extended by seven months<br />
• Creation of the <strong>Dan</strong> <strong>Ryan</strong> Taskforce resulted in<br />
revisions to access plan<br />
• Distributed thousands of pieces of literature<br />
outlining the project<br />
• <strong>Project</strong> Web site<br />
• Accident and <strong>Project</strong> data distributed to 11 public<br />
libraries in the City of Chicago<br />
• Addressed concerns (i.e. Bronzeville Historic<br />
District and the Root Street Bridge)<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Proposed Improvement Plan<br />
•<strong>Reconstruction</strong> of Mainline and<br />
Ramp Pavements<br />
•Added traffic lanes<br />
•Improved entrance and exit<br />
maneuvers<br />
•Frontage road improvements<br />
•Roadway lighting<br />
•Drainage system<br />
•Accident investigation sites<br />
•ITS components (7 new digital<br />
message boards)<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Overhead Bridge Replacements<br />
• Reconstructed 20 Bridges<br />
• 1995 to 2008<br />
• Improve condition and safety<br />
• Galvanized Steel Beams<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Design Manager<br />
Design Sections<br />
Overall Design<br />
Manager<br />
And<br />
Lead Lighting/ITS<br />
Design<br />
Rajendra Shah<br />
IDOT <strong>Project</strong> Manager<br />
Brian Kuttab<br />
IDOT <strong>Project</strong> Manager<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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<strong>Project</strong> schedule<br />
2008 & 2009<br />
Construction<br />
2007<br />
Construction<br />
2006<br />
Construction<br />
2005<br />
Continued advance<br />
work<br />
2004<br />
Continued advance<br />
work<br />
2003<br />
Advance work<br />
Landscaping<br />
No permanent lane closures<br />
Outbound elevated bridge repairs (13 th to 31 st )<br />
OB & IB local lanes reconstruction (31 st to 63 rd )<br />
OB & IB inside lanes reconstruction ( 71st to I-57)<br />
Changes to selected interchange ramps<br />
Inbound elevated bridge repairs (13 th to 31 st )<br />
OB & IB express lanes reconstruction (31 st to 71 st )<br />
OB & IB outside lanes reconstruction (71 st to I-57)<br />
Changes to selected interchange ramps<br />
Improved highway lighting<br />
No permanent lane closures<br />
Skyway interchange bridges and roadways<br />
Local access road improvements<br />
Changes to selected interchange ramps<br />
Improved highway lighting<br />
No permanent lane closures<br />
Skyway interchange bridges and roadways<br />
Local access road improvements<br />
Changes to selected interchange ramps<br />
Improved highway lighting<br />
No permanent lane closures<br />
Shoulder and pavement patching<br />
Alternate route preparations<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Maintenance of Traffic Commitments<br />
<strong>Project</strong> Staged Over 6 Years<br />
Mainline Traffic Affected Only for 2<br />
Years<br />
Alternate Routes Provided<br />
3 Mainline Lanes Maintained in Each<br />
Direction<br />
No 2 Consecutive Ramps Closed<br />
Concurrently<br />
All Closures Require 2 Week Notice<br />
Coordinated With Public<br />
Transportation<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Small Business & DBE Outreach<br />
121 Contracts<br />
•81 Unbundled Contracts<br />
•DBE 19.3%<br />
•EEO Utilization 45%<br />
•OJT Program – 200 Graduates<br />
$830 Million <strong>Project</strong><br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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30 Year Extended Life Pavement Design<br />
14” Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement<br />
Epoxy Coated Reinforcing<br />
6” Stabilized Sub-base 24” Sub-base and Geotechnical Fabric<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Air Quality Monitoring<br />
Air Quality Program<br />
• IEPA / UIC / American Lung Association<br />
• Hard Measurement of Air Quality<br />
Air Quality Dust Control Specification<br />
• Construction Methods to Minimize Dust<br />
• Dust Suppressant- Watering<br />
Air Quality Diesel Vehicle Emission<br />
Specification<br />
Controls Construction Equipment Emission<br />
• Low Sulfur Fuels<br />
13% Reduction in Particulate Matter<br />
• Exhaust Scrubbers<br />
Truck Idling<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Noise and Vibration<br />
Construction Noise Mitigation Specification<br />
• Noise Mitigation Plan<br />
• Pavement Removal<br />
• Set up of Batch Plants<br />
• Night Time Restrictions<br />
Hot line for residents<br />
Respond in 24 hours<br />
Driving Restriction for Sheet Piling/Soldier<br />
Piles<br />
Drilling of Piles<br />
Variable Spaced Tining<br />
Environmental Deficiency Deduction<br />
• $1,000/ Day<br />
• .05% of the Contract/Day<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Roadway Lighting<br />
High Mast Towers<br />
• More uniform distribution of light<br />
• Minimize number of poles on expressway<br />
• Increased safety<br />
Use of cut-off luminaires<br />
• Limits amount of spillover light beyond the expressway<br />
Road section<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Corridor Enhancements<br />
Rendering of Textured Retaining Wall<br />
Knee Wall, Corner Gardens & Access Control Fence<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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35th Street<br />
47th Street<br />
63rd Street<br />
79th Street<br />
87th Street<br />
95th Street<br />
Gateway Landscaping<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation
Sculpture Sites<br />
• 37th Street<br />
•67 th Street<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation
<strong>Dan</strong> <strong>Ryan</strong> Art Wall <strong>Project</strong><br />
• City of Chicago Public Schools Medallion Design Contest<br />
• 3 Chicago Public School Student Designs<br />
• 2 Bernard William Designs<br />
• 124 – 4’ Dia. Medallions<br />
• 22 – 7’ Dia. Medallions<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Medallions<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation
Medallions<br />
IDOT’s Chief of Staff Clayton Harris III celebrates the <strong>Dan</strong> <strong>Ryan</strong> Art Wall <strong>Project</strong> with<br />
Chicago artist Bernard Williams and student artist Andre Morgan at the Little Black<br />
Pearl Art and Design Center in Hyde Park.<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Public Outreach<br />
Traffic Advisories (3/7/06)<br />
TMA Weekly Traffic Bulletin<br />
Website<br />
Flyers<br />
Highway Radio Advisory<br />
Street side Studio<br />
Email Traffic Alerts<br />
Media-Mayor’s Press Office<br />
Aldermen Meetings<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Congestion Relief<br />
West Route: Ashland Avenue<br />
• Signal Interconnect<br />
East Route: Roosevelt Road/<br />
Lake Shore Drive/Stony Island<br />
• Signal Timing Adjustments<br />
Secondary:<br />
• Cottage Grove<br />
• State<br />
• Indiana<br />
• Michigan<br />
• King Drive<br />
• Vincennes<br />
• Signal Timing Adjustments<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Congestion Relief<br />
Traffic Control Aids-Alternate<br />
Routes<br />
65 Am Rush/65 Pm Rush<br />
6 TCA’s AM/PM standby<br />
10 CPD Sergeants per rush –<br />
supervision & radio distribution<br />
Rush Hour Parking Restrictions<br />
Alternate / Secondary Routes<br />
Monday – Friday<br />
• 7 A.M. to 9 A.M. / 4P.M. to 6P.M.<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Variable Message Signs<br />
IDOT DMS <strong>Expressway</strong> Locations:<br />
• I-55 NB, W of Damen<br />
• I-55 SB, E of Wisconsin<br />
• Kennedy SB, N of Ogden<br />
• Eisenhower SB, W of Damen<br />
• I-57 NB, 111 th exit<br />
• I-57 NB, Halsted exit<br />
• I-<strong>94</strong> NB, 111 th exit<br />
• I-<strong>94</strong> NB, 103rd exit<br />
13 Additional IDOT Mobile Units on Frontage Roads<br />
20 Additional Mobile Units at OEMC Designated Locations<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Encourage Use of Public Transportation<br />
• CTA<br />
• Metra<br />
• PACE<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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CTA Coordination<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation
<strong>Dan</strong> <strong>Ryan</strong> Traffic and Travel Times<br />
Average Daily Traffic<br />
Route<br />
Direction<br />
03-05<br />
Avg.<br />
Apr. –<br />
06<br />
May -<br />
06<br />
Jun. –<br />
06<br />
Jul. -<br />
06<br />
Aug.–<br />
06<br />
Sep. -<br />
06<br />
Constr<br />
. Avg.<br />
%<br />
Change<br />
<strong>Dan</strong> <strong>Ryan</strong><br />
@ 31st<br />
Outbound<br />
Inbound<br />
140,701<br />
156,772<br />
111,030<br />
<strong>90</strong>,052<br />
105,185<br />
88,773<br />
83,642<br />
86,235<br />
86,078<br />
89,758<br />
85,129<br />
75,443<br />
82,562<br />
82,762<br />
92,271<br />
85,504<br />
-34%<br />
-45%<br />
Lake<br />
Shore<br />
Drive<br />
Outbound<br />
Inbound<br />
60,<strong>94</strong>8<br />
57,089<br />
73,009<br />
70,086<br />
72,744<br />
70,806<br />
75,287<br />
74,6<strong>94</strong><br />
70,057<br />
69,912<br />
71,187<br />
71,071<br />
68,487<br />
69,544<br />
71,795<br />
71,019<br />
18%<br />
24%<br />
Average <strong>Dan</strong> <strong>Ryan</strong> Travel Times (Minutes)<br />
Direction<br />
August ‘06<br />
September ‘06<br />
AM IB<br />
39<br />
34<br />
36<br />
40<br />
35<br />
28<br />
23<br />
26<br />
26<br />
AM OB<br />
20<br />
18<br />
19<br />
19<br />
18<br />
17<br />
18<br />
17<br />
17<br />
PM IB<br />
48<br />
34<br />
41<br />
41<br />
41<br />
23<br />
18<br />
18<br />
15<br />
PM OB<br />
28<br />
32<br />
33<br />
29<br />
27<br />
29<br />
27<br />
30<br />
32<br />
Additional Southbound Express Lane Open<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation
Incident Management<br />
Coordination<br />
• Chicago Fire Department<br />
• Emergency Traffic Patrol<br />
• Chicago Police Department<br />
• Illinois State Police<br />
Incident Response Zones<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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Any Questions<br />
Illinois Department of Transportation<br />
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