WINNER PAVING INTERSECTIONS

patterson avenue & 36th Street Intersection

Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Concrete Contractor: C & D Hughes, Inc.
Concrete Supplier: Consumers Concrete Corporation
Project Owner: Kent County Road Commission

This project included full depth concrete replacement at one of the busiest intersections in Kent County. The majority of the 2,300 cubic yard project consisted of 11-inch-thick pavement with about ten percent being 8 inches in thickness.

Pavement was completed in multiple phases while maintaining access for Patterson Avenue and 36th Street throughout the duration of the project.This project required significant cooperation between the contractor, supplier and the Kent County Road Commission.

This busy intersection handles both vehicle and heavy truck traffic and is the main thoroughfare for Gerald R. Ford International Airport, and these needs had to be balanced against the needs of safely removing and replacing the concrete pavement. The intersection was also completed well ahead of schedule without diminishing the quality of the concrete pavement. Maintaining traffic flow while completing this project required a willingness of all parties to be flexible and work together to achieve the long-lasting concrete intersection that will serve motorists along this heavily traveled corridor.