Loyola Drive at I-10 Interchange Improvements
PROJECT OVERVIEW: Construction of two additional elevated fly over ramps going to and from the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International airport to New Orleans. In addition, improvements to the existing at-grade interchange at Loyola and I-10 which will include a Diverging Diamond Interchange. Design-Build contract amount of $125.6 million.
STATUS: DOTD Executed a Notice to Proceed for a Design-Build contract on August 30, 2019. Test Piles were driven in November 2019, with construction work beginning in late March 2020 on I-10 mainline. Construction contract completion date of November 2022. Project Environmental documents can be found here.
CURRENT ACTIVITY: Review of I-10 mainline design submittals, right of way acquisition, utility relocations, and early construction activities.
CONTRACTOR: Gilchrist Construction, LLC
DOTD PROJECT MANAGER: Timothy Nickel, P.E.
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