SignalsAZ.com Prescott News Podcast - I-40/US 93 Kingman Highway Interchange Taking Shape

Episode Date: December 23, 2024

Send us a text and chime in!A project to construct a free-flowing interchange between Interstate 40 and US 93 is quickly transforming the landscape along I-40 in this northwest Arizona community, with crews clearing land for new travel lanes, removing sound walls, and preparing the foundations for new bridges. This progress comes six months into the Arizona Department of Transportation’s 6 million project to eliminate delays that can occur for passenger and truck traffic on the main route between Las Vegas and Arizona. Instead of traffic stopping for a traffic signal on Beale Street at I-40, a mile of new ramps will allow traffic to flow... For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/kingman-highway-interchange-taking-shape/Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Text to Speech audio articles made possible by the Quest Grant at Yavapai College. Tuition-free industry recognized certificates for your career. A project to construct a free-flowing interchange between Interstate 40 and US-93 is quickly transforming the landscape along I-40 in this northwest Arizona community, with cruise clearing land for new travel lanes, removing sound walls, and preparing the foundations for new bridges. This progress comes six months into the Arizona Department of Transportation's $106 million project, to eliminate delays that can occur for passenger and truck traffic on the main route between Las Vegas and Arizona. Instead of traffic stopping for a traffic signal on Beale Street at I-40

mile of new ramps will allow traffic to flow freely between I-40 and US-93. Some of the most visible progress on the I-40, US-93 interchange project is along a golf course west of Stockton Hill Road, where crews have leveled a slope to allow for new travel lanes. Further west, crews have drilled eight shafts needed to widen the existing Clack Canyon Road, bridges. The site of a new Beale Street overpass has been excavated, with a concrete foundation now in place. As construction continues, the public can expect daytime and nighttime work, rock-crushing operations in the work area, and short closures of U.S. 93 for rock blasting. A-dot is maintaining two lanes of travel in each direction during peak travel times, with lane

restrictions limited to off-peak hours. Drivers are able to continue exiting both U.S. 93 and I-40 at Beale Street to access businesses, Route 66, and downtown Kingman. Construction is expected to continue into 2027 when the interchange will open with six miles of widened or newly constructed roadway. The project includes five new bridges, widening two bridges, four bridge rehabilitations, and two miles of sound walls. The project is creating a mile of new highway carrying traffic northwest of the existing interchange at I-40 and Beale Street. Other features include widening more than a mile of I-40 in both directions between the new interchange and Stockton Hill Road.

Adding a merge lane on US 93 northbound. Widening and or rehabilitating four bridges on I-40. Building sound walls along a portion of I-40 to the west of Stockton Hill Road. Constructing drainage features. The interchange is designed to handle projected traffic growth for the next 25 years. For more information on the Kingman Interchange Prochurch. project and to subscribe for updates, please visit ozdot.gov slash west kingmany. The web page includes a flyover video simulation of what the interchange will look like.

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