Fines are doubled for speeding in a construction zone.
Speed limits are reduced to 45-MPH in the construction area.
ADOT advises drivers to allow additional time to reach their destinations and to proceed through the work zone with caution, comply with the reduced speed limit, and be alert for construction equipment and personnel.
PRESCOTT – Crews will increase construction activity next week as work progresses on the widening of State Route 89 between Prescott and Chino Valley. Starting on Monday, Jan. 19, southbound traffic will be shifted onto the new southbound roadway at the outer loop roundabout for approximately two miles.
Business access at the north end of the project will be modified as a result of the traffic shift on Monday. Southbound traffic will be required to access the businesses by using the new Kalinich Avenue roundabout. The northbound traffic access to the businesses will not be affected. Drivers exiting all businesses along SR 89 will only be permitted to turn right.
Over the next four weeks (weather permitted), drivers need to be aware of increased construction activity through the project as crews continue with pipe installations, complete the two new roundabouts (Deep Well Ranch Road and Kalinich Avenue), allow crews to finish drainage improvements and final roadway excavation.
Law enforcement personnel will be present and drivers are encouraged to adhere to the reduced speed limit and be alert for construction equipment and personnel.
The work zone will be clearly marked by temporary barricades and signage.
Southbound traffic on State Route 89 between Prescott and Chino Valley will be shifted into the new roundabout at Deep Well Ranch Road starting tomorrow, Wednesday, Dec. 10 according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
The work zone will be clearly marked by temporary barricades and signage. ADOT advises drivers to allow additional time to reach their destinations and to proceed through the work zone with caution, comply with the reduced speed limit, and be alert for construction equipment and personnel.
State Route 89 in Chino Valley at Road 4 North (milepost 330) will be closed for up to 15 minutes between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The closure will provide a safe work zone as crews place overhead utility lines across the roadway.
ADOT advises drivers to allow additional time to reach their destinations and to proceed through the work zone with caution, comply with the reduced speed limit, and be alert for construction equipment and personnel. Law enforcement personnel will be present to enforce the closures as they occur.
Paving of a temporary detour and a section of the new roadway on State Route 89 between Prescott and Chino Valley (milepost 323) will require delays of up to 15 minutes at a time next week.
Overnight work will begin on Monday, Oct. 13 and continue through Wednesday, Oct. 15 between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. each day. Traffic will be required to stop intermittently during work hours and guided through the work zone with flaggers.
The work zone will be clearly marked by temporary barricades and signage. ADOT advises drivers to allow additional time to reach their destinations and to proceed through the work zone with caution, comply with the reduced speed limit, and be alert for construction equipment and personnel.
The Arizona Department of Transportation will work overnight on Friday, Sept. 5 on State Route 89 between Prescott and Chino Valley (mileposts 320 to 325), weather permitting.
Crews will continue with the dirt haul and place paving materials onto the new roadway which requires trucks to cross the existing highway and intermittent road closures for up to 10 minutes at a time.
Next week, crews will return to the normal work hours of Monday through Thursday nights between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. through Sept. 30. Drivers can expect overnight intermittent closures up to 10 minutes during work hours.
The work zone will be clearly marked by temporary barricades and signage. ADOT advises drivers to allow additional time to reach their destinations and to proceed through the work zone with caution, comply with the reduced speed limit, and be alert for construction equipment and personnel.
PRESCOTT – Traffic on State Route 89 between Prescott and Chino Valley (mileposts 320 to 325) will be required to stop intermittently, weather permitting, for the next four weeks to allow trucks to safely cross the highway.
The hauling operation will continue tonight, Aug. 27 and continue through Tuesday, Sept. 30. Overnight work hours are 7 p.m. through 5 a.m. each night and intermittent closures are expected for dirt hauling and removal and relocation of temporary concrete barrier along the roadway.
Drivers can expect delays of up to 10 minutes at a time.
The work zone will be clearly marked by temporary barricades and signage. ADOT advises drivers to allow additional time to reach their destinations and to proceed through the work zone with caution, comply with the reduced speed limit, and be alert for construction equipment and personnel.
PRESCOTT – Traffic on State Route 89 between Prescott and Chino Valley (mileposts 320 to 325) will be required to stop intermittently this week to allow trucks to safely cross the highway.
The hauling operation will begin tonight (weather permitting), Aug. 12 through Thursday, Aug. 14 between 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. and intermittent closures are expected for dirt hauling and removal of temporary concrete barrier along the roadway.
The work zone will be clearly marked by temporary barricades and signage. ADOT advises drivers to allow additional time to reach their destinations and to proceed through the work zone with caution, comply with the reduced speed limit, and be alert for construction equipment and personnel.
Hell Canyon Bridge is a steel three-span cantilevered Pratt deck truss with riveted connections. It has a total length of 585’ – 6”, and a width of 35’ – 4”, with a 30’ – wide roadway. – ADOT photo
The Arizona Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have completed a Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation and Approval for FHWA Projects that Necessitate the Use of Historic Bridges report for the Hell Canyon Bridge project located on State Route 89 at milepost 345.70, Yavapai County 18-miles north of Chino Valley and south of Ash Fork, Arizona.
The report states that the bridge no longer meets minimum FHWA standards. The bridge across Hell Canyon, “…is structurally deficient and is functionally obsolete which rehabilitation cannot address.” Cited examples include the bridge not being wide enough and the inability to handle heavy loads. The bridge also qualifies to be placed in the Arizona Historic Bridge Inventory. That will have to be sorted out before the bridge can be destructed.
The report explains three options used to determine the best course of action: Do nothing, build on new location without using the current bridge or restoration preserving historic status. The first was rejected because it does not bring the bridge up to FHWA standards. The third would still require some reconstruction to widen the bridge and replace the superstructure which would eliminate the historic integrity.
The favored plan is to build a new bridge alongside of the old one and destroy the old bridge. The reason given for destroying the old bridge is that neither ADOT nor Prescott National Forest intends to build a rest stop in the area. In addition there are no bicycle or pedestrian trails in the project area which could utilize the old bridge. The rest area/overlook of Hell Canyon has been closed for several years.
Hell Canyon Bridge will be removed and replaced with a new bridge as part of this project, thus causing impact to a Section 4(f) property. A 103-page pdf of the Section 4(f) report as well as other project information are available at the ADOT web site.
Please send these comments September 8, 2014. Comments can be sent directly to the project team via phone at 602.458.7478, via e-mail at ddunn@aztec.us, and via mail at 4561 E. McDowell Rd, Phoenix AZ 85008.
PRESCOTT/CHINO VALLEY – Traffic on State Route 89 between Prescott and Chino Valley (mileposts 320-325) will be required to stop intermittently next week to allow trucks to safely cross the highway and crews to relocate temporary concrete barrier along the roadway.
Overnight work will begin on Monday, July 14 through Thursday, July 17, between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. each night.
Drivers can expect intermittent closures for dirt hauling and delays of up to 15 minutes at a time.
The work zone will be clearly marked by temporary barricades and signage. ADOT advises drivers to allow additional time to reach their destinations and to proceed through the work zone with caution, comply with the reduced speed limit, and be alert for construction equipment and personnel.