Construction Plans, Specifications, and Post Design Services

THE PROJECT
The Florida Department of Transportation District 4 sought to improve the six-lane divided urban roadway from Broward Boulevard (MP 0.000) to NE 17th Way (MP 1.830) in Broward County. The scope included milling and resurfacing to extend the roadway’s service life, provide bike lanes/shared ride lanes (sharrows) to improve mobility, repair/adjust/ replace some of the drainage structures, and upgrade existing traffic signals to mast arms.

Erdman Anthony was selected to provide construction plans, specifications, and post-design services for the project. 

FEATURES/SOLUTIONS
The project involved:

• Pavement widening for Sunrise Boulevard 
• Extended resurfacing of the south approach of NE 15th Avenue intersection 
• Replacement of the existing fiber-optic signal interconnect cable for its entire length from Broward Boulevard to NE 18th Avenue
• Existing span-wire signal assemblies at Sunrise Boulevard, NE 15th Street, and NE 17th Way were replaced with mast arms
• ADA improvements for the entire project length
• Two new crosswalks added at NE 8th Street and NE 17th Way
• A new signalized pedestrian crossing was added at NE 16th Terrace 
• Additional signalization improvements included upgrading all existing pedestrian signals to countdown-type signals and installing video detectors at the Broward Boulevard and U.S. 1 intersection. 
• Addition of an alternate bike route that runs along the parallel residential streets north and south of Sunrise Boulevard.

Signs and pavement markings for the project were upgraded per Florida DOT current standards, including the installation of a shared ride (sharrow) lane on each side of the road for the entire project length and additional signage for the northbound traffic heading to I-95 around NE 9th Street area.

IMPACTS
Access management was streamlined by closing driveways that were no longer required.

The completed project improves driver, pedestrian, and bicyclist safety throughout the area.