State: KENTUCKY

Agency: KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET - DISTRICT 8

Project and/or Route Name: INTERSTATE 66-PULASKI COUNTY – PHASE I

Dates: 2000 – PRESENT

Rural and/or Urban: RURAL

Length: 8 Miles

Type of Improvement: 4-LANE RURAL INTERSTATE

Firm's Project Manager: MICHAEL G. BRUCE, P.E., L.S., VICE PRESIDENT, FIRM PRINCIPAL

Firm's Project Engineer: THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, P.E., PROJECT DESIGN ENGINEER

Firm's Structural Engr.: DAVID C. DEPP, P.E., CHIEF STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

Firm's Project QA/QC Engr.: WILLIAM B. WEST, P.E., DESIGN CONSULTANT & QA/QC

Project Description:

The scope of this project is to provide professional engineering services for the completion of Phase I Design, including preparation of design studies, and environmental services necessary to prepare an environmental document to secure location approval for a section of Interstate 66 from the Cumberland Parkway west of Somerset to KY 80 east of Somerset.

The Consultant was responsible for:

JDQ will serve as Project Manager for the entire 8 mile Phase I design segment and also is responsible for detailed design of the alignment segments, which includes four interchanges.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: JDQ will serve as project manager; schedule meetings; write minutes; provide overall design criteria to team members to expedite uniformity of plan development, and be responsible for the Phase I Design as detailed below.

PHASE I DESIGN:

1. All necessary field surveys, including check sections, drainage and environmental area identification.

2. Public involvement plan, including newsletters, citizens Advisory Council, public information meetings, slide presentations press releases.

3. Phase I alignments within designated corridor, including horizontal and vertical mainline alignments, cross-road alignments and interchange geometry.

The Department was responsible for:

1. Traffic counts and traffic movements.

2. Pavement design catalog.