SR 582 / E Fowler Ave – Resurfacing and Design

PROJECT PURPOSE

Rehabilitate the SR 582 (E Fowler Avenue) asphalt pavement to extend the roadway’s service life. SR 582 was last resurfaced in 2001. Two decades later, the roadway condition was fair to poor.

The project also included adding a new sidewalk along both sides of SR 582 throughout the project corridor to connect the sidewalk along US 301 to the trail along the west side of the Tampa Bypass Canal.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

• Mill and resurface existing lanes and shoulders
• Re-align travel lanes
• Widen for bicycle keyholes and roadway shoulders
• Add new sidewalks
• Improve drainage
• Improve pedestrian safety
• Address a merge lane with a crash history
• Signalization, signing, and pavement markings

ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

One project challenge was to design a safe pedestrian path across the Tampa Bypass Canal bridge. The Bayer United team recommended and obtained FDOT approval to add a new, permanent concrete traffic railing to separate pedestrians from traffic as they crossed the bridge.

INCORPORATE NEW SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS NEAR PROJECT COMPLETION

Toward the end of the project, FDOT Traffic Operations asked us to extend an existing acceleration merge lane to the next side street and create a drop lane. The existing acceleration lane did not meet standards and had a crash history. We added resources to the project to incorporate the new improvements and complete the project on time.

BAYER UNITED TEAM

• Mark Bayer, PE, Project Manager
• Reka Hendricks, PE, Deputy Project Manager
• Sarah Wright, PE, Roadway
• Alexandria Stanley, PE
• Gary Gaiotti