Constructors Work on U.S. 75/Hwy 2 Interchange
A new U.S. 75/Nebraska Highway 2 interchange located on the south edge of Nebraska City that started last Spring is continuing to progress. Both Constructors, Inc. and Concrete Industries Nebraska City are involved with the project that is scheduled to be completed in the Fall of 2017. Constructors is completing the one-mile-long paving project, which will consist of constructing a new elevated interchange with Nebraska Highway 2 elevated over U.S. 75. The project includes grading, culverts, bridges, paving, seeding, landscaping and lighting. The project is being built in phases to accommodate traffic, with traffic control being maintained by Trafcon. Traffic control for this project consist of signals, temporary traffic signals, flaggers and pilot cars to facilitate traffic flow. In total, Constructors will pave 85,000+ CY of concrete and 20,000+ tons of asphalt. The concrete for the project is being supplied by Concrete Industries Nebraska City while the asphalt is being shipped out of Constructors’ 804 Plant in Lincoln. With over 15 subcontractors involved, project coordination by Brent Davis and Zach Yelkin of Constructors, Inc. have kept the project moving forward. Some of the major subcontractors involved include Pink Grading, United Contractors, and Linhart Construction.