A worker with Borderland Construction makes a pass over fresh asphalt with a roller Thursday as crews tackle the first day of paving for the new Sunset Road improvement with an overpass connecting Silverbell Road and Interstate 10. Paving work continues from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday . Silverbell Road traffic continues normally, but flaggers are on site to slow the flow. The $22.8 million project, which is funded by Pima County and the Regional Transportation Authority, consists of a three-lane roadway and the construction of a new bridge across the Santa Cruz River along with an at-grade intersection with the existing I-10 eastbound frontage road. The project also includes intersection improvements and turn lanes at Silverbell Road and at Sunset Road at I-10. It is expected to be completed by spring of next year.
Sunset Road extension another step closer to traffic
A worker with Borderland Construction makes a pass over fresh asphalt with a roller as crews tackle the first day of paving for the new Sunset Road improvement with overpass connecting Silverbell Road and Interstate 10 on Dec. 8, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz. Paving work continues from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow. Silverbell Road traffic continues normally, but flaggers are on site to slow the flow.
Crews with Borderland Construction tackle the first day of paving for the new Sunset Road improvement with overpass connecting Silverbell Road and Interstate 10 on Dec. 8, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz. Paving work continues from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow. Silverbell Road traffic continues normally, but flaggers are on site to slow the flow.
Crews with Borderland Construction tackle the first day of paving for the new Sunset Road improvement with overpass connecting Silverbell Road and Interstate 10 on Dec. 8, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz. Paving work continues from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow. Silverbell Road traffic continues normally, but flaggers are on site to slow the flow.
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