New Mississippi River Bridge Project Overview

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New Mississippi River Bridge Project Overview

• Greg Horn, MoDOT Project DirectorBrooks
  Brestal, IDOT Deputy Project Director

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Why is the MRB needed?

• Poplar Street Bridge carries 3 interstates
• PSB is 40 years old, needs future rehabilitation
• 115,000 and 125,000 vehicles daily
• By 2030, increases to 150,000 vehicles daily

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How It Helps

• Reduces traffic congestion
• Enhances safety
• Promotes economic growth in the region
• Provides alternate routes

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Project History

• 1990 - Discussions began
• 1991 - EIS started
• 1997 - Location selected
• 2001 - Record Of Decision issued

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Project History

• 2005 1.6 billion project not feasible
• 2005 239 million authorized by Federal
  Transportation Bill
• 2006 New estimate of 1 billion
• 2006 to 2008 MO and IL discuss solutions

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• MO IL governors sign
• agreement for 640 million
• February 28, 2008

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Comparison

• Original Concept
• 2 bridges, 8 lanes
• MO Connection
• I-70 West
• city at Tucker
• I-55/44 South
• IL Connection
• I-55/64 Tri-level
• I-70 East

• New Concept
• 1 bridge, 4 lanes (6 lanes)
• MO Connection
• I-70 West
• city at Cass
• IL Connection
• I-55/64/70 Tri-level

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Missouri Phase I
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Missouri Phase II
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Illinois Phase I
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Illinois Phase II
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Funding
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Funding Breakdown

• Federal Funding- 239 million
• Illinois Funding - 313 million
• Missouri Funding - 88 million

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MRB design team members

• Mississippi River Bridge - HNTB
• Illinois Connector - TENG
• Illinois Tri-Level I-55/64/70- CTE
• Missouri Interchange - CMT

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Whats going on now?

• Co-located offices in St. Louis City
• Preliminary design work
• Purchasing right-of-way
• Drilling in river
• Begin contractor involvement process

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Contractor Involvement Process

• Only includes Mississippi River Bridge and
  approaches
• Missouri North I-70 interchange will incorporate
  something similar
• Will NOT be used for Illinois relocated I-70
  roadways or the tri-level interchange

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Contractor Involvement Process
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Contractor prequalification process

• Round 1 Prequalify to bid (ATC process)
• RFQ advertised by October 24, 2008
• SOQ due by November 21, 2008.
• Approved by November 26, 2008
• Round 2 Prequalify to bid (Base Plans)
• Readvertise RFQ by July 13, 2009
• SOQ due by August 10, 2009
• Approved by August 17, 2009

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Prequalification process

• Contractors prequalified based on
• Previous experience
• Major projects
• Bridges on major rivers
• Experience of key personnel
• Available bonding capacity and backlog
• Diversity experience and proposals
• Other requirements to be determined
• Prequalification is pass/fail, not point-based

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Alternate Technical Concepts

• Qualify ATC contractors by Nov. 26, 2008
• Engage one-on-one contractor/MRB Team
  confidential discussions
• MRB team evaluates proposed concepts
• Baseline design
• Minor changes
• Major changes (change of scope)

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ATC Minor changes

• MRB Team develops approved concepts into
  contractor specific bid package
• Complete ATC process by April 17, 2009
• MRB Team completes contractor-specific final
  plans (bid packages) by July 9, 2009

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ATC Major Changes

• Contractor team develops approved concepts into
  plans
• MRB team incorporates these plans into
  contractor-specific bid package
• Complete ATC process by April 17, 2009
• Final plans (bid packages) completed by July 9,
  2009

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Construction bidding

• All plans developed by July 9, 2009
• Minor ATC (MRB team develops)
• Major ATC (Contractor/MRB team develops)
• Base plans (MRB team develops)
• Qualify contractors by August 17, 2009
• Advertise to qualified bidders September 2009
• Bids due October 2009

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Construction bidding

• Contract awarded to lowest bidder November 2009
• Construction to proceed January 2010
• Does not preclude value engineering proposals
  during construction process

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Federal Highway approval

• Part of the MRB team
• FHWA has approved the MRB ATC process
• Special Experimental Projects No. 14 Alternate
  Contracting (SEP-14)
• All regular Federal-aid construction contract
  provisions apply

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DBE and WFU plan process

• Meeting DBE and Work Force Utilization goals is
  extremely important to MoDOT and IDOT
• MoDOT/IDOT reviews project for DBE Goals
• October 2008 November 2008
• Caucusing and Round Table Discussions for WFU
• FebruaryApril 2009

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DBE and WFU plan process

• Complete Partnering Agreement
• May 2009
• Include Partnering Agreement Goals and Objectives
  in Construction Contract
• June August 2009
• Advisory Committee Mtgs/Community Updates
• August 2009-Life of Project

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Schedule

• Construction Begins 2010
• Construction complete2014-2016

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www.newriverbridge.org MRB Project Director
Greg Horn, [phone]gregory.horn_at_modot.mo.g
ovMRB Deputy Project DirectorBrooks Brestal,
[phone]brooks.brestal_at_illinois.gov