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MoPac Expressway: Quicker Commute, Pedestrian Friendly By Jennifer Rupp CEG CORRESPONDENT
MoPac is one of Austin’s most important arteries, serving as a key route to downtown and points beyond. As a primary alternative to Interstate 35, MoPac carries more than 180,000 cars and trucks each day. By 2030, MoPac is projected to serve more than 320,000 cars a day. The MoPac Improvement Project will give drivers the option to bypass congestion on the 11-mi. (18 km) stretch of MoPac between Parmer Lane and Cesar Chavez Street and get to their destination without delay. As Austin’s primary north-south route alternative to I-35, MoPac has long been identified as a heavily congested corridor in need of traffic solutions. In fact, additional High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) or Express Lanes on MoPac have been included in the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organizations (CAMPO) Long Range Transportation Plan since 1994. In 2010, after decades of debate about how to improve MoPac, the
Northbound retaining wall construction between Northwood and 35th Street.
Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority partnered with the Texas Department of Transportation to conduct a federal Environmental
Assessment of the corridor. Over two years the project team held dozens of community meetings and analyzed a wide range of
issues including roadway noise, historical properties and bicycle and pedestrian needs. The project team had limited options given a
community desire not to acquire additional land, take any homes or businesses or build any elevated structures. Given these constraints it was determined that Express Lanes were the best option to improve mobility in the corridor and meet the need and purpose of the project. In August 2012 the Federal Highway Administration completed its review of the Environmental Assessment and determined that construction could proceed. In fall 2012 the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority solicited proposals from companies to design and build the project and after scoring the proposals, selected CH2M HILL to complete the job. CH2M HILL is an international engineering and construction firm headquartered in Englewood, Colo. The firm was among seven that competed for the right to design and construct the MoPac Improvement Project. CH2M HILL was hired following an extensive competitive review process. The MoPac Improvement Project involves construction of see MOPAC page 18
Group Retraces Old Coast-to-Coast Highway Route By Gordon Dickson FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
STRAWN, Texas (AP) Bankhead Highway may be the most important road many Texans have never heard of. The coast-to-coast highway, which connected Washington, D.C., to San Diego — and stretched 850 mi. (1,368 km) through Texas, from Texarkana to El Paso — was vital to the development of not only major
cities such as Fort Worth and Arlington, but also smaller places such as Strawn that blossomed during the state’s oil, coal and railroad booms. It all began 100 years ago, when Congress approved funding for Bankhead Highway. Much of the road is still on the ground today, although it is known by many other names in various cities. Only a handful of places, including Aledo and Weatherford, still call it Bankhead
Highway or Bankhead Drive on street signs. In other cities, it was (and sometimes still is) known as U.S. 80, U.S. 67 or Texas 1. In west Fort Worth, it is Camp Bowie Boulevard. In Arlington, it’s Division Street. To celebrate the centennial of Bankhead Highway, a convoy of nearly 50 antique cars retraced the routes through Texas, making stops in Arlington and Fort Worth before passing through Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Strawn, where the drivers were to enjoy
a picnic before heading to Abilene. Often, the stretches of old Bankhead Highway run parallel to modern highways such as Texas 180 and U.S. 180, or interstates such as I-20. The interstate system, which now serves as the preferred route for most cars traversing Texas, has nearly banished Bankhead Highway to antiquity. “Bankhead Highway needs to be for North and Central Texas what Route 66 is see HIGHWAYS page 8
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TxDOT Celebrates Success of New, Innovative Design The Texas Department of Transportation, in cooperation with officials from the city of Round Rock and Williamson County, celebrated the full project completion of the I-35 and RM 1431/University Boulevard diverging diamond intersection project. More importantly, they celebrated the fact that the new innovative intersection is working extremely well. Citizens have been driving in this new configuration since November 2015. Since then, TxDOT has had the opportunity to run some metrics on how the area’s first diverging diamond intersection is performing, and the results are promising. “While this innovative intersection design was initially confusing to some motorists, the improvement to traffic flow here has been straightforward: It works,” Mayor Alan McGraw said. “It’s rare indeed when you can say that traffic volume has increased but travel times have actually decreased, and by a significant amount. But that’s the case with the diverging diamond intersection, the latest successful partnership between the city and TxDOT.” Despite a 45 percent increase in traffic volume at this intersection over the last four
TxDOT has had the opportunity to run some metrics on how the area’s first diverging diamond intersection is performing, and the results are promising.
years, it is already yielding a 13 percent reduction in morning travel times and a 4458 percent decrease in afternoon travel times.* This means that even though a lot
more cars are traveling through this area, they are getting through one of Round Rock’s most congested intersections much quicker than before.
This significant travel time decrease directly benefits motorists who live and travel in the area and use the I-35 corridor. “People thought we were crazy when we first proposed this idea, but now that the project is complete, the proof is in the pudding,” said Terry McCoy, Austin District engineer. “The Austin District will continue to pull out all the stops to find cost effective and innovative ways to deal with the region’s growing congestion. Recognizing that innovative intersections may require a period of adjustment for drivers, they are proving their worth.” Work on the $6.6 million project included the construction of a diverging diamond intersection, as well as a number of other improvements, including an intersection bypass road, ramp improvements and additional sidewalks for pedestrians and cyclists. The contractor for the project is Capital Excavation. *Travel time data and throughput results analysis performed by HDR Inc. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
Trophy Tractor Hosts Customer Appreciation, Fundraiser
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Trophy Tractor Inc. recently held its second annual Customer Appreciation/Charity Crawfish and Shrimp Boil. Rain had plagued the North Texas area all week, and it looked like there might be a
break in the weather. Just before the gala, the rains returned, but everyone pitched in to help move the festivities indoors. When it comes to the Charity Crawfish/Shrimp Boil, Jeff Miller,
(L-R) are Lori Bunger, consultant Trophy Tractor; Maxx Miller; Jeff Miller, owner Trophy Tractor; LouAnn Norris, Trophy Tractor; and Teddie Story of Irving Cares.
owner of Trophy Tractor is establishing a tradition of not allowing anyone to out-bid him. “Dealing with the Irving Cares personnel and Teddie Story, chief executive officer, has become quite
a treat for us and serves a great cause,” said Miller. “We plan on continuing the tradition.” The chefs for the Crawfish/Shrimp Boil were Chris and Kim Arrington of Irving,
Texas. Also as a very special treat for this year, Trophy Tractor invited the Parker McCollum Band to entertain customers with contemporary country music see TROPHY page 16
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Organizer Hopes to Spark Interest in Bankhead Hwy. HIGHWAYS from page 1
for Oklahoma and Missouri,” Dale Truitt, who organized the 500-mi. (804.6 km) tour of Bankhead Highway from Texarkana to Odessa, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The caravan of cars from the Antique American Independent Automobile Association included a 1911 Dodge, a 1915 Packard and several Ford Model Ts. “It’s just time we get on it,” Truitt said. “This tour is going to be the kickoff of hopefully more interest in Bankhead Highway.” In the tiny city of Strawn, about 80 mi. (129 km) west of downtown Fort Worth, a two-story building is still brightly painted with a sign that reads “Bankhead Hotel & Apts.” The building has sat vacant for decades, as Strawn entered into a slow, steady economic and population decline linked to the area’s oil and coal production, but the hotel is still a well-known local landmark and one of the few structures in Texas that uses the iconic Bankhead name. Strawn’s little piece of Bankhead Highway is now known alternatively as Texas 16 or Front Street — a rather nondescript road in a city with no red lights other than at railroad crossings. But a block of the roadway in the city center, directly outside the Bankhead Hotel, still features the original Bankhead Highway red bricks made at a now-closed factory in nearby Thurber. “We’re very proud of those bricks,” said Danny Miller, who grew up in Strawn and is now city secretary. “Many people who lived here helped make those bricks, and we’ve still got them right in our downtown.” But more than just that Texas connection, Bankhead Highway was one of the first coast-to-coast roads in the United States, starting at the Zero Milestone on the White House South Lawn in Washington and ending near the Pacific Ocean in San Diego. And, after years of being all but ignored by history — to the point where many motorists today probably know little or nothing about it — Bankhead Highway is now the subject of a cultural reawakening of sorts. And that renaissance includes several car shows and other events that were held in Fort Worth and several West Texas communities. “Bankhead Highway was the nation’s first all-weather, cross-country highway,” said Dan Smith of Fort Worth, a retired meteorologist who wrote the book The Bankhead Highway in Texas, published in 2013. “The Lincoln Highway was first, but you couldn’t use it all year because it went up through the northern U.S. and through the mountains out west, and that made the roads impassable.
Bankhead Highway went all across the country through the South, and you could rely on it all year around.” The highway was named after Sen. John H. Bankhead of Alabama, a strong advocate of building a coast-to-coast highway in the pre-World War I years. The road was commissioned a year before Texas even formed its highway department, an agency that became the Texas Department of Transportation. The department and the Texas Historical Commission have worked together in recent years to map Bankhead Highway and catalog several thousand adjacent attractions.
“This tour is going to be the kickoff of hopefully more interest in Bankhead Highway.” Dale Truitt Tour Organizer
The road wasn’t built for military purposes, although many members of Congress supported the project for its ability to move people and equipment from one coast to another. As the U.S. entered World War I and later World War II, the need for troop movement to respond to a potential enemy invasion became paramount. But in the cities on Bankhead Highway, the real value was the ability to bring in tourists and other visitors, and to more easily connect with the rest of the country. In Strawn, Bankhead Highway harks back to a time when the city was at least four times its current population of about 600 residents. “The Bankhead came through in the early ‘20s at a time before there were interstates or anything like that,” said Miller. “It was very important to the economy of Strawn. Many businesses thrived catering to the traffic that passed through. It was a big deal having a major highway coming through a little town like this.” For more information, visit http://www.star-telegram.com. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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Four Ingredients for Success in Sand, Gravel Business While the most abundant supply of U.S. oil rests below the vast Texas plains, there’s another valuable underground commodity — the soil that supplies sand and gravel to a widely diverse group of customers. In the eastern part of the Lone Star State, Crockett Sand and Gravel has a long history as a leading provider of high-quality sand and gravel products to concrete plants, construction projects and even homeowners who purchase a load of sand for landscaping projects. According to a company official, four key ingredients have been critical to the organization’s long-term accomplishments — including the use of Doosan equipment. Meeting Customer Expectations Originally founded as Holsey Brothers Sand & Gravel in 1951, Barry and Lee Holsey developed a solid reputation for consistently meeting specifications and fulfilling obligations on every job. Their quarry and production facilities on a 2,000-acre Trinity River site allowed the company to achieve preferred supplier status for some of the largest construction projects in Texas. The brothers provided 1.8 million tons of state-approved material for the construction of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. They were a supplier of choice for materials in the building of I-35 and I-45 interstate highways. When a major energy pipeline was constructed near Corrigan, Texas, the company delivered 117,000 cubic yards of select fill. Valuable Resources in Ground After the brothers went their separate ways, Crockett Sand and Gravel was established at a new site along the Trinity River. The company was up and running in late 1998 when Barry’s son, Lee, opened a new plant. For the past 17 years, the river-bottom land has produced a variety of products,
including pea gravel and sand for concrete plants and championship golf courses. “Everything we take out of the ground gets made into something,” said Stuart Perry, gravel pit foreman and one of the firm’s 13 onsite employees. “We strip and load articulated dump trucks with a dragline and transport the material two miles to our plants. Typically, we produce the same amount of product each day and stockpile it around our property.” At times, the company has had as much as 80,000 tons on hand. Last May, however, the stockpiled total dropped to 2,000 tons because of a temporary spike in business. “The Trinity River flooded and most of the other gravel pits around here were shut down,” Perry said. “We have a levee around our location, as do the others, but ours was tall enough to hold the water back. That’s the closest we’ve ever come to running out.” Within the last year, plant capacity was increased to 3,500 tons per day. Sand is delivered every day to 13 concrete plants by the company’s fleet of 23 trucks, each with
acapacity of 27 tons. Before the plant expansion, Crockett Sand and Gravel sold 20,000 to 30,000 tons per month. Now the monthly average is around 50,000 tons, reaching as high as 70,000 tons at times. “Today we are digging down about 25 feet,” Perry said. “With about 600 acres of sand and gravel remaining at this location, we should be able to meet the demands of our customers for years to come.”
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Loyal Customers Concrete plants, construction firms and others have come to rely on Crockett Sand and Gravel for on-time delivery of quality products. Two current highway projects in the Lufkin, Texas, area are typical of what the company provides to its customers. Webber, the largest heavy-highway construction company in Texas, is building a pair of new interchanges along U.S. Highway 59. The multi-year project receives loads of concrete sand and stabilized sand from Crockett almost every day. For the largest of see CROCKETT page 14
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New Facility Opening as 4 Rivers Equipment Turns 90 4 Rivers Equipment will celebrate the grand opening of its brand new facility as well as 90 years of growth and partnership with customers and suppliers. The new storefront will be moving 4 mi. (6.4 km) to Rojas Drive in El Paso, Texas. The celebration will be October 14, 2016 at the new location. 4 Rivers Equipment’s History In 1926, the first public display of television was observed in London, England. Also in 1926, the owners of Romer Mercantile in Holly, Colo., began building a future. I.R. and Bessie Romer forged a business to survive the Great Depression; the Dust Bowl; World War II; the Korean War; the Vietnam War; the 60’s; the Energy Crisis of the 70’s; and disco. Every modern event impacting American lives impacted Romer Mercantile and the burgeoning 4 Rivers Equipment LLC. 4 Rivers Equipment grew and flourished through generations and now appears in 14 locations from Texas to Wyoming. Its owners credit the vision and strength of 4 Rivers Equipment to the customers and the partnerships that have been forged. see ANNIVERSARY page 20
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Crockett Chooses Doosan to Keep Up With Demand CROCKETT from page 10
the jobs, at the intersection of U.S. Highways 59 and 287, the company has delivered 30,000 to 40,000 tons of concrete sand — an aggregate sand usually composed of gneiss, trap rock limestone or granite — and about 12,000 tons of stabilized material. Some of the sand goes directly to a portable concrete plant while other loads are used behind retaining walls. Leading-Edge Equipment From its first manual dragline to today’s automated excavation equipment and methods, Crockett Sand and Gravel has regularly made investments to meet job specifications and deliver quality products. To keep up with the business that operates nonstop from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., equipment needs to be reliable, productive and operatorfriendly. A Doosan DA40 articulated dump truck (ADT), and DL250-5 and DL450-3 wheel loaders fit the needs of the company perfectly. The DA40 is one of five hauling units that transport sand and gravel from the quarry to the plant throughout the day. “Everything on the Doosan model is a little better than what we are used to in our other four trucks,” Perry said. “The ride is smoother, the cab is more comfortable, visibility is better and fuel efficiency is superior. The DA40 saves a gallon of fuel an hour compared to the other trucks. Over an 11- or 12-hour day, that’s significant.” The DA40, with a rated payload of 88,000 pounds, has a flexible and agile free-swinging gear-driven tandem bogey and front-mounted turning ring that allows all six wheels to maintain maximum ground contact, enabling the truck to work productively in off-road situations. While the ADT is hauling materials to the plant all day, the DL450-3 is in the quarry loading the trucks with a 6-cubic-yard bucket. The 354-net-horsepower wheel loader has the outstanding
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traction and lifting power necessary to efficiently keep production moving. In comparing the DL450-3 with older Doosan wheel loaders, Perry said there are some important differences. “The DL450-3 is a great machine,” he said. “It’s a whole lot more user-friendly, much easier to work on and maintain, and has a cab where the ergonomics are vastly improved.” For Crockett Sand and Gravel, using top-of-theline equipment allows the company to keep up with customer demand and make on-time deliveries every day. (This story was reprinted with permission from DoMore Magazine, Spring 2016 issue.) (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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FAE USA Signs Ag-Power Inc. as Exclusive Dealer for North Texas FAE USA Inc., manufacturer, engineer and distributor of mulching, stabilization, reclamation and rock-grinding equipment, has reached an agreement with Ag-Power Inc. to become the sole FAE construction dealer in North Texas, West Louisiana and Southwest Arkansas. This newly-formed alliance will allow Ag-Power Inc. and FAE USA to consolidate their position in the growing construction sector in the Lone Star state and neighboring areas. Ag-Power Inc. is now the exclusive FAE construction dealer of the following main cities and surrounding counties: • Texas: Dallas-Ft. Worth, Wichita Falls, Waco, Tyler, Longview, Paris, Texarkana, Hillsboro, Belton, KilleenFort Hood and Temple. • Arkansas: Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Sevier, Howard, Hempstead, Nevada, Columbia, Union, Ouachita, Clark, Pike and Polk counties. • Louisiana: Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Desoto, Red River, Bienville, Claiborne and Lincoln counties. FAE manufactures construction attachments, which perform soil stabilization, asphalt grinding and stone crushing from 20 in. (50.8 cm) rock down to pulverization, simultaneously. The main sectors of FAE machines include heavy highway construction;
Customers enjoyed crawfish and shrimp and helped raise money for a good cause. TROPHY from page 6
More than 80 Trophy Tractor customers attended the event at the Grand Prairie, Texas, location to enjoy 150 pounds of fresh crawfish and copious amounts of shrimp, along with new potatoes, corn on the cob and sausage — a Southern tradition. “My entire company really gets a thrill out of serving a just cause with the charity auction and simply giving our customers and friends good reason to kick-back on a Friday evening after a hard week’s work,” said Miller. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG This newly-formed alliance will allow Ag-Power Inc. and FAE USA to consolidate their position in the growing construction sector in the Lone Star state and neighboring areas.
access road construction; county roads; parking lots; driveways; airports; rail yards; stabilization; site work; and fulldepth reclamation. FAE construction attachments can reach a width range from 40 to 100 in. (101.6 to 254 cm) and working depth up to 20 in. to allow full-depth reclamation and stabilization. An effective tractor is key to the performance of FAE attachments since they are PTO-driven. The attachments require a tractor with a PTO, IVT/AVT gear, three-point hitch and the allotted horsepower. The large footprint and well-known reputation of Ag-Power Inc. makes it the perfect partner to tackle one of the fastest-growing construc-
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Sound wall 17 along the Cesar Chevez/6th Street Northbound entrance ramp. MOPAC from page 1
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closures may start at 5 p.m. Lane closures will be limited to avoid impacts to traffic during the day. Frontage road lanes may be closed at limited times during the day. Despite these restrictions and a concerted effort to keep traffic moving, drivers should still anticipate construction-related slowdowns once construction begins. Subcontractors working with CH2M include Jordan Foster Construction of Austin for excavation and construction of the under crossings; Lane Construction (Dallas office) for bridge widening, and Aaron Concrete Construction, also of Austin, for the shared use path, intersection
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Community Benefits • To improve livability along MoPac, approximately 7 mi. (11.2 km) of sound walls will be constructed at a cost of $20 million. • More than $5 million in bicycle and pedestrian improvements are planned in the corridor. • More than $3 million will be spent to improve the visual appearance of the corridor through special architectural features, colorization of concrete structures and enhanced landscaping. • The express lanes will give transit buses, vanpools, emergency vehicles and individual drivers the ability to bypass congestion on the 11-mi. stretch of MoPac between Parmer Lane and Cesar Chavez Street.
Bicycle and pedestrian bridge deck construction at Union Pacific Crossing.
ramps, and sidewalks. The contract was executed in April 2013. The northbound and southbound sections between RM 2222-183 will be completed in June. Full completion is scheduled by the end of 2016. To help expedite construction and reduce project delays due to weather, the Mobility Authority has been working with the project contractor to expand the times at which lane closures are allowed. The Mobility Authority has also been permitting the construction contractor to temporarily close some cross streets and/or ramps. To help keep traffic moving during construction, a see MOPAC page 20
New Express Lanes taking shape north of Far West Blvd.
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Sound Barriers Will Improve Livability Along MoPac How Variable Toll Pricing Works • To ensure the Express Lanes remain free flowing, variable tolls are used to manage the number of vehicles entering the lanes at any given time. • When traffic is heavy and demand for the Express Lanes is high, toll rates increase. When demand is low, toll rates go down. • Changeable electronic signs display the current rates in real time, so drivers know the price before deciding whether to enter the lanes. • Once you are in the lanes, the price you saw on the signs is the price you are guaranteed to pay. Drivers entering after you or at different locations may pay a different rate • Initial toll rates could range from $0.25 to $4.00 per trip but could be higher if demand is greater than projected. • Tolls paid by users will be the source of money to repay the funds used to finance the project, including the sound walls and bicycle/pedestrian improvements. Concrete paving on floor of Southbound Express Lane Underpass. MOPAC from page 18
courtesy vehicle will be patrolling along the MoPac corridor (between Cesar Chavez Street and Parmer Lane) providing free roadside assistance. Following a new trend in major cities across the United States, the MoPac Expressway will be implementing “Variable Toll Express Lanes”. Express Lanes are usually reserved for public transit buses, registered van pools and emergency vehicles to provide a reliable, uncongested, non-
stop, toll free route to their destination. As these vehicles will not use up all of the space in the Express Lanes, individual drivers will be permitted to use the lane if they choose to. To keep the Express Lanes from becoming congested, individual drivers are charged a variable toll that increases when traffic is heavy and goes down when traffic is light. The primary goal is not to generate revenue, but to keep the Express Lane free flowing as much as possible. The MoPac Improvement Project is a Central Texas
Regional Mobility Authority (Mobility Authority) project and has been developed in partnership with a number of other government agencies in Central Texas including the Texas Department of Transportation, the City of Austin and Capital Metro. For more information, visit www.mopacexpress.com. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
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Crews Demolish Former Baylor Football Venue WACO, Texas (AP) Explosives have been used to bring down what was left of the former longtime home of Baylor football. Floyd Casey Stadium was imploded in a demolition that took a matter of seconds on an overcast day in Waco. The Bears in 2014 began using the new $260 million McLane Stadium, a 45,000-seat venue on the banks of the Brazos River. Floyd Casey Stadium had been home to the Baylor football program since 1950. The city of Waco plans to acquire the site after the debris is cleared and an environmental assessment is done. For more information, visit http://www.baylorstadium.com/. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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4 RIVERS EQUIPMENT ........................................................13
FLEMING MANUFACTURING LLC ......................................19
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