USA kind and this size for the GDOT ,” says Kevin Oswandel , Senior Project Manager for the Northwest Corridor Project . “ They ’ ve never done something of this magnitude .” The joint venture entity Northwest Express Roadbuilders was named as the chosen building and financing team of the project in 2013 .
At the end of the project , the intended result will be toll roads managed by the State Road Tollway Authority ( SRTA ) through GDOT . “ We build the entire infrastructure , then they will come in behind us and put up the cameras and the toll sensors and operate the toll systems ,” says Oswandel . “ Once we ’ re done , we don ’ t have a maintenance element : it ’ s strictly design build at that point .”
Easing the challenges of the daily commute “ There are several different commutes in Atlanta that are challenging , but these are especially challenging on Interstates 75 & 575 ,” says Oswandel . “ There ’ s a lot of suburban development in the north that travels south toward downtown — in the morning it ’ s gridlocked all the way from the north to basically downtown , and in the evening it ’ s gridlocked in reverse .”
The solution that GDOT and Northwest Express Roadbuilders are applying to this problem is a relatively unique one : the reversible managed lane . The Northwest Corridor Project will be building two barrier-separated managed toll lanes on the west side of I-75 , between I-285 and I-575 . North of I-75 / 575 split , NWCP will
Progression of substructure for milelong bridge at Canton Road Connector photographed at dusk
First girder setting operation for superstructure of flyover bridge for new express lanes ’ interchange
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