University Avenue Rehabilitation and Widening Project

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities, Northern Region, plans to construct the first segment of the University Avenue Rehabilitation & Widening project in 2015. Work will include replacing the Chena River bridge, reconstructing University Avenue between the Chena River State Recreation Site former entrance and Thomas Street, and extending Halverson Road. Reconstruction activities will include a continuous raised median on University Avenue, the addition of shoulders which will be striped as bike lanes, improvements to the University Avenue/Johansen/Geist and signalization of the University/Sandvik intersection, as well as construction of pedestrian/bicycle facilities along the segment length.

Our current project schedule is as follows:

Construction of Segments 2 – 4 will be dependent on available funding. Segments 2 and 3 consist of reconstructing University Avenue from the former Chena River State Recreation Site to the Mitchell Expressway. Segment 4 will construct a railroad overpass to eliminate the at-grade crossing on University Avenue. For additional information regarding the segments, see the Project Overview graphic.

Pictures of University Avenue.
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