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Project Numbers: Anchorage: CFHWY00564/0001665 South: CFHWY00938/0001745 North: CFHWY00939/0001746

HSIP: Central Region Guardrail Inventory and Upgrade

Project Overview


image of a damaged guardrail

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF), Central Region, under the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), prepared an inventory of guardrail segments, end terminals, and associated hardware along highspeed (50 mph or greater) routes in Central Region for damage and adherence to current DOT&PF and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) standards. The inventory results were used to design replacements or upgrades to guardrail segments found to be in non-conformance with current State and Federal standards.

Current Status


image of a missing guardrail

Crews inspected approximately one million linear feet of guardrail and 2,200 end terminals in the Central Region during 2020 spring and summer. Findings indicated roughly half of these systems qualify for upgrades. Environmentally sensitive areas, including the location of wetlands and bald eagle nests, were also identified as a part of 2020 field work. In 2021, the project team completed plans and bid-ready engineering construction documents. Construction began in 2023 and is expected to be complete by fall 2024. 

 

Schedule


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Project Plan Sets


Due to the vast area Central Region covers, the plans were divided into three regional plan sets: 

North Plan Set
  • Bogard Road
  • Fairview Loop Road
  • Glenn Highway (MPT 30-110)
  • Knik Goose Bay Road
  • Old Glenn Highway
  • Palmer-Fishhook Road
  • Parks Highway
  • East Seldon Extension
  • Talkeetna Spur Road
  • Trunk Road
  • Willow-Fishhook Road
Anchorage and Surrounding Area Plan Set
  • C Street
  • International Airport Road
  • Glenn Highway (MPT 0-30)
  • Portage Glacier Road
  • Knik River Road
  • Seward Highway (MPT 92 - 105)
South Plan Set
  • Bridge Access Road (Kenai)
  • Holt-Lamplight Road (Nikiski)
  • Hope Road
  • Kalifornsky Beach Road
  • Kenai Spur Highway
  • Nash Road
  • Seward Highway (MPT 0-76)
  • Sterling Highway

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