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A safe route for pedestrians crossing Trinity Road in Raleigh between parking lots for N.C. State’s Carter-Finley Stadium and the State Fairgrounds is on its way. The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a contract to build a pedestrian tunnel under the roadway slightly east of Youth Center Drive.
Work can begin as early as March 1 on the $4.3 million contract awarded Crowder Construction Company of Charlotte.
Although the contract calls for the tunnel to be ready for pedestrians by Sept. 15, there is a financial incentive for the contractor to have it ready one month earlier. N.C. State has home football games the first three Saturdays in September.
The tunnel will also provide a safe crossing for attendees to the state fair in October, when thousands of vehicles are parked on the stadium side of Trinity Road.
The project allows for the closure of Trinity Road between March 1 and August 1 as the tunnel is being built, although the contractor can earn also an incentive bonus for every day earlier than August 1 the road re-opens.
A detour route will send vehicles onto Edwards Mill Road, Wade Avenue and Blue Ridge Road to get around the work zone. Access to the stadium and fairgrounds parking lots off Trinity Road during the closure will remain open through other entrances.
A great idea. I suppose it's easier to build an ADA-compliant pedestrian tunnel than an ADA-compliant pedestrian bridge.
In this case, I believe the terrain fits a tunnel better. The road is higher than both sides, and the tunnel will be a more natural path. Pedestrian bridges rarely work if there’s a significant rise (the pedestrian must climb up to cross) unless there’s a secure barrier to prevent just crossing at surface level.
If/when the pedestrian tunnel under Western at Avent Ferry is built, it’s the same: at the crest of the hill so that the tunnel cuts off traveling to the peak and down again.
Here's the exact location of the tunnel (plan sheets).
It looks like the Western tunnel at Avent Ferry is scheduled for the 2022 time frame.
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