Arizona Best of 2007/ Camelback Pedestrian Underpass & Road Improvement

摘要

Notorious for being one of the busiest surface streets in the City of Phoenix, Camelback Road near 24th Street is also popular with pedestrians because of local shopping amenities, such as the Biltmore Fashion Park and the Esplanade. The need to enhance the environment for these pedestrians resulted in the construction of a grade-separation facility. Scarcely impacting area drivers, the new six-lane roadway grade is so slight that the 90,000 vehicles using Camelback Road daily experience little sensation as they travel up and over the underpass. The roadway is 5 ft above grade, while the underpass is 5 ft below grade, producing a 10-ft high by 36-ft-wide underpass complete with a skylight, glass block and glass ceiling tiles for interior light.