Ohio, Kentucky Plan to Select Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Design Team by May

The mission might be delivered utilizing a technique often called “progressive design-build.”

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(Covington, Ky.) – Kentucky and Ohio leaders have put a name out to companies eager about constructing the Brent Spence Bridge Hall.

The request for proposals comes only one month after the states celebrated $1.6 billion in federal grant funding to construct the brand new bridge over the Ohio River and enhance the complete hall with no tolls.

A request for proposals to offer building and design companies was launched Tuesday by the Ohio Division of Transportation (ODOT) and the Kentucky Transportation Cupboard (KYTC).

The contract addresses six of the eight miles of the entire hall; 5 miles of the Interstate 71/75 hall in Kentucky and one mile of I-75 in Ohio. Different work contains enhancements to the prevailing Brent Spence Bridge, and building of a companion bridge to the west.

Work on the 2 northernmost sections of the hall in Ohio might be accomplished below separate contracts.

The schedule requires the design construct workforce to be chosen in Could to permit for planning to happen instantly and preliminary building work to start earlier than the 12 months’s finish.

The mission might be delivered utilizing a technique often called “progressive design-build.”

Not like building tasks that usually use a lowest-bidder strategy, the progressive design-build contract is awarded primarily based on {qualifications}, the most effective total strategy and worth.

“The progressive design-build course of is the proper supply strategy primarily based on the complexity of this mission,” mentioned KYTC Secretary Jim Grey. “Working in collaboration with the contractor in the course of the design course of will carry extra revolutionary design concepts to the desk and enhance the mission total.”

Groundbreaking is anticipated to happen in late 2023 with building starting in 2024. A bulk of the mission is scheduled to be full in 2029.

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