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FOR MORE INFORMAT E _ 2&2.^9228 February 28, 1985
RELEASE AT WILL ,'! MAR 4 1985
PARKDALE BRIDGE SCHEDULED
FOR MARCH 1 REMOVAL
Twisted and broken beyond reasonable repair, the Parkdale bridge on
U. S. 50 ten miles west of Canon City was scheduled for demolition Friday,
March 1. Department of Highways engineers had met with officials of the
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad to arrange the date, track and railroad
property protection (including timbers and sand) , along with blasting details.
Work is being done by Kenney Construction Company, Inc. of Commerce City.
The bridge was damaged, and closed, February 7 in a tractor-trailer
accident.
Parts for the temporary bridge were expected to arrive at the site
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beginning Saturday, March 2, shipped by the Acrow bridge company in New Jersey.
With the damaged structure removed, the contractor may focus on placing
the 240-ft. , one-lane temporary bridge and traffic signals which will allow
alternate eastbound and westbound use. A pier about forty feet high will then
be set in place, to support a permanent concrete bridge deck to be built next
spring and summer.
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BIDS TO BE OPENED
March 21: 9:30 a.m. , I-70, Colorado River bank stabilization west of
Glenwood Springs, consisting of riprap and guardrail, located on the I-70
frontage road, beginning about seven miles east of New Castle (M.P. 111.4 )
and extending 0.13 mile east (M.P. 111.61) , Garfield county, IR 70-1(102) .
9:45 a.m. , U.S. 550 resurfacing south of Silverton, consisting
of hot bituminous pavement overlay and guardrail, beginning 1.5 miles north of the
San Juan-La Plata county line and extending 24.6 miles northerly, in San Juan
county, extends from Cascade Creek to Molas Divide, C 55-0550-08.
April 11, 9:30 a.m. , Larimer Viaduct replacement in Denver, consisting
of grading, structures, bridges, hot bituminous pavement, signing, striping,
lighting, signalization, topsoil, seeding and mulching, located on SH 33,
beginning 0.1 mile south of the intersection of I-25 and 13th Avenue and extend-
ing 0. 9 mile northeasterly . This project provides a Walnut St.Viaduct connection
to the new West Colfax Viaduct. (SIX WEEK AD) . ERMU 0033 (2)
A pre-bid conference will be held at the
Department of Highways headquarters building,
4201 East Arkansas Ave. , Denver, Colorado,
beginning at 9:00 A.M. on March 15, 1985.
Bids will be accepted only from prequalified
bidders who attend the pre-bid conference.
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Department of Highways
February 28, 1985
MP 10-0000-02 SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS SOUTHWEST OF DENVER
The Department's Division of Highways accepted four bids at the February
28 opening for a traffic/safety improvement project in the southwest metropolitan
Denver area. Scheduled for various locations on Havana St. (S.H. 30) and South
Parker Road (S.H. 83) , the project includes pavement patching, structures,
signing, striping, signalization, curb and gutter, and sodding. C.P. Construction,
Inc. of Aurora turned in an apparently successful bid of $253,841 on the project,
which requires completion within fifty working days after its start. Designated
as a Set-Aside, the project restricted bidding to certified prequalified minority
businesses.
Bernard T. Paiz of Denver is resident engineer.
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C 03-0085-20 U.S. 85 SOUTH OF FORT LUPTON
Resident engineer H. L. Poland of Boulder will coordinate a Set-Aside
resurfacing project on U.S. 85 south of Fort Lupton, with work beginning 4.7 miles
south of the community and extending 5.2 miles north.
Bidding at the Division of Highways headquarters in Denver, on the last day
of February, was open only to certified prequalified minority business enterprises.
Four firms turned in offers and an apparently successful bid of $384,218 was
received from Garza Concrete Structures, Inc. of Commerce City.
The project, which involves hot bituminous pavement overlay, is scheduled
to be completed within twenty workable days following its Notice to Proceed.
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C 35-0017-08 S.H. 17 SOUTH OF MOFFAT
Kiewit Western Co. of Littleton submitted an apparently successful bid of
$808,025 at the Division of Highways February 28 opening for a pavement overlay
project on S.H. 17 in Saguache county. The project, which begins 41 miles north
of Hooper and extends 12.4 miles north to Moffat, drew nine bidders.
Resident engineer is John Ungefug of Alamosa. The project requires com-
pletion within 45 working days.
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MP-C 10-0083-13 S.H. 83 IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY
Resurfacing South Parker Road near the Cherry Creek State Recreation Area
near Aurora drew seven bidders at the Division of Highways February 28 opening.
A project which requires completion within 25 workable days includes pavement overlay
and striping. The work will extend 1.9 miles southerly from the Interstate 225
interchange.
An apparently successful bid of $334,323 was received from Siegrist Const.
Co. of Denver. Resident engineer is Bernard T. Paiz of Denver.
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Department of Highways
February 28, 1985
CONTRACTS AWARDED
Road/ Bid Contract
Project Street Description ,warded To Opening Awarded
FCU 157-1 (9) ---- To improve two locations Lawrence Con- 2/7/85 2/21/85
in Boulder. One site is struction Co.
Arapahoe Avenue just east S949,567
of 47th St. ; the second is
just north of Pearl St.
at the future 47th St.
Parkway.
IXMU 1022 (1) Co.Line Set-Aside intersection im- Roberts Con- 2/7/85 2/22/85
Road provement project south struction Co.
of Denver. The project is $756,669
located on County Line Rd.
(the border between
Arapahoe & Douglas
counties) beginning 0.3 mile
west of S. Holly St. &
extending half a mile east.
I 70-1 (53) I-70 To build I-70 tunnels Morrison-Knudson 2/14/85 2/26/85
through the Beavertail Co. ,Inc.
area in DeBeque Canyon, $9,877,308
23 miles east of Grand
Junction.
I 70-2 (126) I-70 I-70 construction west Tectonic Con- 2/14/85 2/20/85
of Bair Ranch in Glenwood struction Co.
Canyon. $1,962,657
C 06-0287-27 US 287 To provide pavement Don Kehn Construc- 2/21/85 2/26/85
overlay & guardrail Lion, Inc.
in Larimer county on $822,332
US 287.
C 04-0024-20 US 24 To resurface 8.3 Doris Quintana 2/21/85 2/22/85
miles of US 24 in Construction, Inc.
El Paso county. $461,929
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