August target date to open new south bridge for Fillmore/I-25
The $15.1 million project, scheduled for ultimate completion by the summer of 2016, will replace the existing interchange, built in 1959 when I-25 was first extended through Colorado Springs. The contractor is SEMA Construction. The design calls for a diverging diamond interchange (DDI), in which traffic on Fillmore will cross to opposite sides at stoplights at either end of the interchange. Other early activity, since the project started in early February, has included the start of work to relocate two on-ramp access points farther from the interchange - in conjunction with the DDI layout - and to greatly lenghten the southbound off-ramp and northbound on-ramp. Westside Pioneer article |