Financial Number: 230256-6-52-01, 230256-6-52-02 & 230256-7-52-01
Project Length: 3.417 miles
Project Limits: From South of State Road 70 to North of the I-95 overpass
Start Date: September 17, 2018
Completion Date: September 8, 2023
Contractor: Halley Engineering Contractors, Inc.
Estimated Construction Cost: $45,221,785.65
Scope of Work: The improvements on this project include: reconstructing the existing two-lane undivided Kings Highway with a newly constructed four‐lane divided roadway, relocating Canal No. 40 and Canal No. 32E to accommodate widening to the west, realigning Kings Highway at the intersection with Okeechobee Road which will improve the existing connection with the Turnpike, replacing existing culverts/swales and installing a closed drainage system and retention ponds, installing a new highway lighting system, and upgrading signalization with vehicle detection devices and ITS cameras. Features of the new roadway will include: a 30‐foot wide median with Type E Curb and Gutter (22‐foot-wide raised plus two four‐foot-wide paved inside shoulders), 6.5‐foot-wide outside shoulders which will also serve as buffered bicycle lanes, a 12‐foot-wide shared use path along the west side, and a 6‐foot-wide sidewalk along the east side.
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