T-REX - Denver, Colorado - Engineering Landmarks on Waymarking.com

Denver's T-REX project was one of Colorado's most complicated civil engineering project because all construction has to be conducted while allowing the millions of vehicles that travel the corridor daily. Since I lived with this project, I will attest that overall things went very smoothly considering the magnitude of the project.

This project is cited in the iCivil Engineering website at (visit link) . The iCivil site notes that this (I-25 corridor) is part of the world's longest national road. The coordinates for this Waymark are the Washing Street Bridge over the T-REX section of the I-25 corridor since it is unsafe to get photos on this busy highway.

"The Transportation Expansion Project or T-REX was a $1.67 billion venture that had a goal of transforming the way people in the metro Denver area commute within the areas of Interstates 25 and 225, then the country's 14th busiest intersection. The T-REX effort widened major interstates to as much as 7 wide in each direction and added 19 miles (31 km) of double-track light rail throughout the metropolitan area (40 miles total). It's considered by some to be one of the most successful transportation upgrade projects in the United States. The T-REX project finished 3.2% under its $1.67B budget and 22 months ahead of schedule in 2006 and is considered to be an example of inter-governmental agency cooperation for transportation projects for North America and Worldwide. Stakeholders have been recognized nationally and internationally for its success, including quality management." from (visit link)

The links on the iCivil website are broken, but other valid links include (visit link) , (visit link) and (visit link) .

(visit link) has great photos of one of the major demolitions that 'didn't go quite as they planned.'

Location: Interstate-25 from Broadway to past E-470 interchange. Type of structure/site: Road (major highway) Date of Construction: 2001-2006 Engineer/Architect/Builder etc.: Kiewit Engineering Organization Listing: Other (specify in description) Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Web Site: [Web Link]

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