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Original Construction Cost: $8,200,944
Project Start Date: July 2013
Completion Date: November 2015
Contractor: Woodruff and Sons, Inc.
Improvements on this 1.5 mile project included the construction of a new three-lane road from US 41 to 15th Street East and a new four-lane road from 15th Street East to 19th Street Court East. The contractor also constructed three storm water ponds and formed and poured a triple box culvert to cross Bowless Creek.
SNN News talks with Sia Mollanazar, Manatee County Public Works County Engineer Deputy Director, about the importance of the 44th Ave. extension project.
Original Construction Cost: $11,930,357
Project Start Date: January 2016
Completion Date: January 2018
Contractor: E. T. MacKenzie
Improvements on this 1.62 mile project included new construction of a four-lane roadway on 44th Avenue East through an undeveloped area extending from 19th Street Court East to 30th Street East. This project also included the construction of two single-lane roundabouts. The first roundabout is located at 27th Street East and 38th Avenue East, and the second is located at 30th Street East and 38th Street East.
Additional improvements included sidewalks on the north and south sides of 44th Avenue East; curbs, gutters, lighting, and signalization at 19th Street Court East, US 301, and 30th Street East; water main construction; and drainage and storm water improvements.
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Original Construction Cost: $10.4 Million
Project Start Date: March 2015
Completion Date: January 2018
Contractor: Woodruff and Sons, Inc.
Improvements on this 1.2 mile project included new construction of a four-lane roadway on 44th Avenue East extending from 30th Street East to 45th Street East, raised medians with grass and concrete curbs, five-foot sidewalks on the north and south sides of 44th Avenue East, four-foot paved bike lanes, and drainage and storm water improvements.
Additional improvements included sidewalks, curbs and gutters, and lighting and signalization at 37th Street and 44th Avenue.
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Construction Cost: $9.8 Million
Construction Start Date: February 2018
Completion Date: Summer 2020
Contractor: Gator Grading & Paving, LLC
Improvements to this 1.1-mile project included the widening of 45th Street East between SR 70 and 44th Avenue East from a two-lane to a four-lane roadway with grassed raised medians. The bridge deck at Gap Creek was widened to accommodate additional travel lanes. Two pedestrian bridges were constructed to provide pedestrian sidewalks. Access to the existing fire station was improved with an emergency traffic signal. Signalization was also added at the intersection of 44th Avenue East and 45th Street East.
Construction Cost: $54.6 Million
Construction Start Date: May 2020
Completion Date: Fall 2022
Contractor: Woodruff & Sons, Inc
Project Description
This project continues the extension of 44th Avenue East from 45th Street East to west of I-75. The upcoming segment includes approximately 3.27 miles of roadway improvements and has been divided into two adjacent sections. The first section begins at 45th Street East, continues east across the Braden River and ends at 44th Avenue Plaza East. The second section (referred to as Phase 1) will begin at 44th Avenue Plaza East and end approximately a quarter mile west of the I-75 right-of-way.
Roadway improvements on 44th Ave East will include widening to a four-lane facility with bike lanes, divided median, curb and gutter, sidewalk, multi-use trail, street lighting, utilities, drainage infrastructure and stormwater management systems. The bridge over the Braden River will be 0.28 miles in length and will include four travel lanes, shoulders, traffic railing barriers, sidewalk, multi-use trail, and utility space in the middle of the bridge deck to accommodate Manatee County utilities and street lighting.
Additionally, Caruso Road and Morgan Johnson Road will be realigned as two-lane facilities to create a signalized intersection at 44th Avenue East. The realigned Caruso Road section will include the western two lanes of a future four-lane section, including a bike lane, curb and gutter, paved shoulder, sidewalk and street lighting. Morgan Johnson Road will require only minor modifications to create the new intersection. The intersection of 44th Avenue East and Creekwood Boulevard will become signalized as well.
Current Activities
Over the next two weeks, on the west side of the Braden River, the contractor will continue installing the storm sewer system along the north side of 44th Avenue East between 45th Street East and the Elwood Pump Station.
One the east side of the river, the contractor will finish installing the storm sewer tie-ins along the future eastbound travel lanes of 44th Avenue East between 65th Street East and 44th Avenue Plaza East. Once the storm sewer installation is complete, the contractor will apply the roadway foundation from Caruso Road to 62nd Street East before building curb pads within the same area. They will also work on leveling the ground in preparation of placing sod in the coming weeks.
Please click on the images below to view future typical sections for 44th Avenue East, Caruso Road, a bridge rendering and a plan view of the project alignment.
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Current Activities
The design consultant is coordinating with the Manatee County Public Works Department, the Parks Department, and the Natural Resources Departments to identify wetland mitigation options associated with SWFWMD permitting requirements. They also continue to coordinate with the FDOT and FHWA regarding the proposed aerial crossing of I-75 and proposed bridge design. Additionally, utility coordination is ongoing and drainage design alternatives for stormwater storage and treatment are being evaluated.
