Projects

Wake County, NC

Western Wake is the first toll facility in North Carolina and includes 12.6 miles of new location roadway. The project has been planned to provide a high speed, multi-lane, controlled–access freeway to accommodate the increasing transportation demand in the western Wake County area.

This Design-Build project is a portion of the Triangle Expressway and extends from NC 55 at Old Smithfield Road to NC 55 near Alston Avenue, a distance of approximately 12.6 miles. The proposed roadway consists of a new 6-lane divided toll facility with a 78-foot median.

For consistency with the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s project descriptions, Western Wake has been separated into three sections: Section A begins at NC 55 near Old Smithfield Road and extends westward to east of US 1, a distance of approximately 2.0 miles; Section B extends from east of US 1 to north of Olive Chapel Road, a distance of approximately 3.3 miles; and Section C extends from north of Olive Chapel Road to NC 55 near Alston Avenue, a distance of approximately 7.3 miles.

Florence & Hutcheson services include:

• Roadway Design – including one new half-cloverleaf interchange and final construction of partially completed full-cloverleaf interchange
• Structural Design – including the design of 7 bridges
• Traffic Engineering – including preparation of the Traffic Control Plans and Final Pavement Marking Plans for approximately 4 miles of the third section.

In addition, F&H is responsible for the Geotechnical Investigation for the Structure Foundations for all three sections of the project.