SR 0837-A24, East Carson Street – Widening and Reconstruction

SAI was responsible for performing the in-depth inspection of building conditions including vault locations, utility service, and access requirements; preliminary and final roadway design; traffic control plan; street lighting design; new underground utility installations; scheduling; and construction consultation of this important widening and reconstruction of East Carson Street in the City of Pittsburgh, PA.

Physical features:

• Widening and reconstruction of 5000′ of urban street from 2 to 5 lanes between 25th and 33rd Street.
• Subgrade building vault renovations and adaptation of existing building accesses and entrances.
• Turning lanes and traffic signals added at seven intersections.
• Relocation of 14 sanitary sewer and 50 storm sewer manholes.

Other features:

• Vehicular and pedestrian traffic maintenance during construction.
• Upgrading ADA access requirements at intersections.
• Lighting design.
• Storm and sanitary sewer replacements/repairs.
• New waterline.
• Additional travel lanes added to roadway to increase capacity.
• Aesthetic streetscape treatments including exposed aggregate sidewalks, decorative street light poles/fixtures, and street trees.
• Special traffic signal poles and light poles to allow connection of overhead utilities eliminating separate utility poles.
• Interconnected traffic management system.
• Coordination of private utility relocations.
• Coordination with property owners/businesses.