Tag: diamond interchange

Roadbuilding

Most expensive Nev. public works project, Las Vegas Project Neon, nearly finished

The three-year, $1 billion widening of Interstate 15 in Las Vegas and the addition of 20 miles of HOV lanes is almost completed, with a grand finale ribbon-cutting planned for August 8 to wrap up the most expensive public works project in Nevada history. Project Neon, as it has been dubbed, consists of 63 lane […]

July 29, 2019

Roadbuilding

Part of Nevada’s new I-11 to open; project to include diamond interchange, wall with Hoover Dam scenes

The 2.5-mile section opening May 23 is between Foot Hill Drive in Henderson and U.S. 95 in Boulder City. More on this extensive project on Equipment World.

May 21, 2018

Roadbuilding

U.S. highways are shifting to alternative interchange designs

New designs, such as diverging diamonds, improve traffic flow, are quicker to construct and can cost less than traditional interchanges. U.S. interchanges are undergoing a design shift; from the stale, split-phase, head-to-head configuration to high-volume, semi-continuous designs such as diverging diamond interchanges (DDI) and roundabouts. Part of the impetus for this is the need to accommodate […]

October 14, 2016