Projects

The first interchange of its type in the state is helping the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) achieve its goal of increasing safety and mobility along the Interstate 70 (I-70) corridor. As part of a long-term improvement project, PennDOT reconstructed a 1.5-mile stretch of the highway in Washington County. The...

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A vital gateway to the town of Clarion, Pennsylvania, state Route (SR) 68 provides key access to the county’s only hospital, Clarion University, Interstate 80 (I-80), and numerous shopping and dining locations. Section 374 of the roadway, a half-mile stretch known locally as the “Clarion Curve,” was sharp, narrow, and...

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Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise introduced the SunPass electronic toll collection system in 1999, allowing customers to quickly pass through turnpike toll collection sites. In 2009, the Turnpike Enterprise launched a project to convert the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike (HEFT) to all-electronic toll collection (ETC), where customers can pay through SunPass...

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The George Street Bridge over Route 18 and Boyd Park, considered the centerpiece of the $215 million reconstruction of the New Jersey Route 18 project, is an innovative structure that elevated industry standards. Once completed, the bridge became one of the largest structures of its kind in North America. Designed...

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Boulevard of the Allies, a major artery linking the central business district of downtown Pittsburgh to Oakland, Pennsylvania, and the eastern suburbs, is perched on the crest of Duquesne Bluff, a 115-foot high rock slope above the Parkway East elevation. The presence of Duquesne University, Mercy Hospital, and established businesses adjacent...

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Gannett Fleming designed a 1.5-mile section of New Jersey Route 18 through Eatontown, which was known as the freeway’s missing link. This section of Route 18 connects the western and southern portions of the freeway and provides connector roadways and ramps directly to Route 36. The project includes eight new...

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Severe and sudden dust storms threaten travelers along the 145-mile-long Interstate 10 route extending between Texas and Arizona. These storms form a solid wall of dust that can reach one-mile high and last between 30 minutes and 24 hours.  To solve the dust-storm challenge, the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT)...

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Designated as a Key Commerce Corridor by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Interstate 10 (I-10) is a critical component to ADOT’s goal to enhance and maintain the state’s access to 29 million consumers in Southern California and Central Texas. Because this section of I-10 accommodates an Average Daily Traffic...

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The Garden State Parkway (GSP) Interchange 142 Improvement Project was a large-scale, $165 million rehabilitation and reconstruction project that solved a 30-year congestion problem for two of New Jersey’s busiest superhighways. By providing the two missing movements between the GSP and I-78, this project eliminates approximately 1,200 vehicles-per-hour from making...

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If two words could describe the Interstate 81 (I-81) Interchange and Navy Way Road Extension project, they would be community-altering. The effort to reconstruct the Avoca and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport interchange in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and construct a new mile-long access road, was undertaken to improve safety and promote economic growth....

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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) needed a smart system to reduce traffic congestion, increase safety, and improve emergency response along the 60-mile long Interstate 91 and Interstate 291 corridor between the Connecticut and Vermont state lines. Stretching 55 miles, the I-91 Design-Build Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) project represents the largest...

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Interstate 95 stretches from Florida to Maine, crossing through Pennsylvania‘s Philadelphia area parallel to the Delaware River. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is improving Section GIR of I-95 as part of a long-term, multi-phase initiative that will benefit a daily average of 102,000 vehicles. As the highway is reconstructed,...

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Undertaken by the Maryland State Highway Administration, the InterCounty Connector (ICC) is a $1.5 billion, 23-mile, multi-modal, limited access highway that connects I-270 in Montgomery County with I-95 in Prince Georges County, north of Washington, D.C. Constructed along environmentally critical areas, the ICC project aimed to increase community mobility and...

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The 24-hour land port of entry (LPOE) in International Falls, Minnesota, had many problems:  the existing facility was deficient in size, layout, and functionality, which made it difficult for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agencies assigned to the LPOE to adequately fulfill their respective missions. Situated...

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GeoDecisions, Gannett Fleming’s geospatial information technology division, continues to sustain and enhance its award-winning IRRIS application. Developed by GeoDecisions, IRRIS is a mission-essential command and control system that integrates timely tracking, worldwide infrastructure data, and incident response capabilities into a secure geospatial tool for USTRANSCOM and the SDDCTEA. As a result of GeoDecisions’...

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The section of I-476, known as the Blue Route, is the primary north-south Interstate corridor through eastern Pennsylvania. The section between the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) and the Mid-County Turnpike Interchange (I-276), in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was constructed in the 1970's and has a history of sinkhole activity. It comprises six...

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With goals to improve traveler safety, relieve congestion, spur economic growth, protect viewsheds, and preserve historic U.S. Route 40, the 17-mile Mon-Fayette Expressway Uniontown to Brownsville segment provides a new, four-lane, high-speed travel route in western Pennsylvania. The Uniontown to Brownsville project was the third completed segment of a 60-mile,...

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Identified as the New Jersey Turnpike’s most problematic northern interchange, the 14A connection between the Hudson County Extension (HCE) and New Jersey Route 440, Port Jersey Boulevard, and Bayonne streets needed critical improvements. The interchange handles approximately 50,000 vehicles, including 6,000 trucks, each weekday, providing vital access to the Bayonne-Jersey...

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The New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 6 to 9 Widening Program totaled $2.3 billion and doubles the capacity of a congested, 35-mile corridor in Burlington, Mercer, and Middlesex counties. This historic project included a new, 10-lane toll plaza at section 6, Interchange 8.  The plaza design modified the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s...

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Since the early 1990s, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), District 3-0, had been converting SR 0015 from a largely two-lane arterial to a four-lane, limited-access highway to provide a safe and modern roadway with minimal impacts to adjacent residences and businesses. The design and construction of Section C41, a...

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