Work to create Springfield's second diverging diamond interchange is under way at the intersection of James River Freeway and National Avenue.
Officials from the city of Springfield and MoDOT broke ground Sept. 22 on the $9.7 million project, which is expected to relieve traffic congestion and improve access to CoxHealth facilities on both sides of National.
When the project is finished in August 2010, National will be six lanes across the bridge, while the ramps will have dual turn lanes for drivers headed north on National from James River. The project also will create an underground access road for CoxHealth ambulances and other emergency personnel to allow better access to hospital facilities.
Emery Sapp & Sons is the general contractor on the project, which will be the second interchange of its kind in the area. The first, at Kansas Expressway and Interstate 44, was completed in June.
Work to create Springfield's second diverging diamond interchange is under way at the intersection of James River Freeway and National Avenue.
Officials from the city of Springfield and MoDOT broke ground Sept. 22 on the $9.7 million project, which is expected to relieve traffic congestion and improve access to CoxHealth facilities on both sides of National.
When the project is finished in August 2010, National will be six lanes across the bridge, while the ramps will have dual turn lanes for drivers headed north on National from James River. The project also will create an underground access road for CoxHealth ambulances and other emergency personnel to allow better access to hospital facilities.
Emery Sapp & Sons is the general contractor on the project, which will be the second interchange of its kind in the area. The first, at Kansas Expressway and Interstate 44, was completed in June.
Work to create Springfield's second diverging diamond interchange is under way at the intersection of James River Freeway and National Avenue.
Officials from the city of Springfield and MoDOT broke ground Sept. 22 on the $9.7 million project, which is expected to relieve traffic congestion and improve access to CoxHealth facilities on both sides of National.
When the project is finished in August 2010, National will be six lanes across the bridge, while the ramps will have dual turn lanes for drivers headed north on National from James River. The project also will create an underground access road for CoxHealth ambulances and other emergency personnel to allow better access to hospital facilities.
Emery Sapp & Sons is the general contractor on the project, which will be the second interchange of its kind in the area. The first, at Kansas Expressway and Interstate 44, was completed in June.
Work to create Springfield's second diverging diamond interchange is under way at the intersection of James River Freeway and National Avenue.
Officials from the city of Springfield and MoDOT broke ground Sept. 22 on the $9.7 million project, which is expected to relieve traffic congestion and improve access to CoxHealth facilities on both sides of National.
When the project is finished in August 2010, National will be six lanes across the bridge, while the ramps will have dual turn lanes for drivers headed north on National from James River. The project also will create an underground access road for CoxHealth ambulances and other emergency personnel to allow better access to hospital facilities.
Emery Sapp & Sons is the general contractor on the project, which will be the second interchange of its kind in the area. The first, at Kansas Expressway and Interstate 44, was completed in June.
Work to create Springfield's second diverging diamond interchange is under way at the intersection of James River Freeway and National Avenue.
Officials from the city of Springfield and MoDOT broke ground Sept. 22 on the $9.7 million project, which is expected to relieve traffic congestion and improve access to CoxHealth facilities on both sides of National.
When the project is finished in August 2010, National will be six lanes across the bridge, while the ramps will have dual turn lanes for drivers headed north on National from James River. The project also will create an underground access road for CoxHealth ambulances and other emergency personnel to allow better access to hospital facilities.
Emery Sapp & Sons is the general contractor on the project, which will be the second interchange of its kind in the area. The first, at Kansas Expressway and Interstate 44, was completed in June.
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