A: Paseo Corridor Constructors. The team is lead by joint venture partners Clarkson Construction Company, Massman Construction Co. and Kiewit Construction. Additional team members include Parsons Transportation Group and TranSystems Corporation.

A: It was June 2005 (during the bridge rehabilitation work) that MoDOT learned $195 million had been set aside for replacing the Paseo Bridge. The decision was then made to significantly scale back the rehabilitation work and complete just enough repairs to extend the structure's life until a new bridge could be built.

A: The program budget is $245 million: $195 million Amendment 3 state funding plus $50 million federal funding (SAFETEA-LU). MoDOT received a $10 million commitment from the City of Kansas City, Mo. to reconstruct the Front Street interchange and a $1 million Highways for LIFE grant from the Federal Highway Administration. The contract amount is $232 million.

A: The kcICON project will upgrade Interstate 29/35 to six lanes from north of the Route 210/Armour Road Interchange to Independence Ave., and will include an additional southbound lane from the northeast corner of the Central Business District loop to Oak Street. The project will feature:

• three northbound and three southbound lanes of interstate expandable to eight total lanes;
• a landmark cable-stay Missouri River bridge expandable to eight lanes and capable of accommodating a future bicycle/pedestrian facility;
• a reconstructed interchange at Route 210/Armour Road with improved ramps and auxiliary lanes;
• a half-diamond interchange at 16th Street that will eliminate the low-speed loop ramp for exiting northbound traffic;
• a split-diamond interchange at Bedford Avenue/Levee Road that provides local street access and connectivity between Levee Road and Bedford Avenue;
• a single-point urban interchange at Front Street

A: Highway work began Monday, April 21, 2008, with crews restriping lanes along southbound I-29/35 between Front Street and Oak Street. The first ramps to close include the westbound Armour Road off-ramp southbound I-29/35 and the westbound Armour Road on-ramp to southbound I-29/35. The off-ramp will be closed until summer 2009 and the on-ramp until late 2009.

A: Full service to all interstate lanes will be restored by June 1, 2011, and final construction completed by July 31, 2011, beating the October 31, 2011, project goal completion date by three months.

A: The Paseo Bridge will remain open to traffic for the duration of the project. Paseo Corridor Constructors will also maintain two lanes of northbound traffic and two lanes of southbound interstate traffic during morning (6:00-8:30 a.m.) and evening (3:30-6:30 p.m.) peak travel times.

A: There will be numerous, intermittent interchange and ramp closures starting in April 2008 through June 2011; however access to Interstate 29/35 will be maintained at all times via detours. Although two lanes of northbound traffic and two lanes of southbound interstate traffic will be maintained during morning (6:00-8:30 a.m.) and evening (3:30-6:30 p.m.) peak travel times, these lanes will be narrow (10 ft.). The corridor can be reduced to two lanes (one northbound and one southbound) outside of peak travel times.

We strongly urge motorists who use this corridor as a through route to consider using alternate routes during construction.

A: A 6-lane, landmark, cable-stay, Missouri River bridge expandable to eight lanes.

A: The Missouri General Assembly passed House Bill 56 in May 2007 that designates the new bridge over the Missouri River on Interstate 29/35 in Kansas City as the "Christopher S. Bond Bridge."

A: We're building a cable-stay bridge which is a specific bridge type that has certain structural characteristics such as one or more center columns (or pylons) and tensioned cables that stretch diagonally from these pylons to the side of the bridge. Just like many suspension bridges and steel arch bridges look similar, so do many cable-stay bridges.

A: We will be taking down the Paseo Bridge once traffic is moved over to the new bridge in 2011. About 6,000 tons of material from the Paseo Bridge will be recycled.

A: The new bridge will be built to the east (adjacent to) of the existing Paseo Bridge.

A: MoDOT is working closely with the FAA and the City of Kansas City, Mo. Aviation Department (Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport) to find a resolution.

A: The new Christopher S. Bond Bridge is capable of accommodating a southbound, 11 ft., shared, bicycle/pedestrian facility in the future.  MoDOT’s contract with Paseo Corridor Constructors does not include the cost of modifying the new bridge to accommodate a bike/ped facility as an acceptable level of connectivity is needed both north and south of the river.  Once connectivity has been established, the connecting municipalities would be responsible for all costs associated with modifications to the current design-build project and impacts to the schedule.  MoDOT supports all modes of transportation and values bicycle and pedestrian travel, and continues to work with its planning partners/stakeholders on requests for bicycle-pedestrian accommodations.

A: Community members will have the chance to choose the color of tiles to be affixed to the back side of sound walls and the surface treatment of gateway monuments proposed for the Armour/210 and Front Street interchanges.

A: There is a 13% (percent) DBE goal for this project.

A: MoDOT is committed to increasing the number of minorities, women and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals working on the kcICON project. Up to $1.25 million has been designated for training programs and partial wage reimbursements for the contractor.

A: The endangered pallid sturgeon resides upstream and downstream (slower moving current areas) from the substructure construction area (faster moving current).

A: The design-build delivery method was selected as a way to save time and money. Compared to the more "traditional" design-bid-build method where the design work is completed in its entirety before contractors bid on the job and then order materials and perform the work, the design-build method streamlines the process by enabling construction to begin before design work is complete. This helps minimize price escalation from rising material and labor costs, and facilitates faster project completion to help minimize inconveniences to the public.

A: The DDI Project is delayed until there is an opportunity to construct it without negatively impacting traffic flow on the I-29/35 corridor. MoDOT will not disrupt traffic flow at I-435/Front Street and I-35/Front Street at the same time. Click here to learn more about MoDOT's DDI Project.