Project: New four-lane highway
Federal-Provincial Agreements: Canada-New Brunswick Agreement on the Completion of the Twinning of the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick, Canada/New Brunswick Strategic Highway Infrastructure Program
Length: 32 km
Number of Structures: Four river crossings, two of which include wildlife crossings and four grade separations, two of which include wildlife crossings
Number of Interchanges: 2
Status: Open to traffic in 2006
Contractors: Fundy Contractors Ltd., Northern Construction & Suppliers Ltd., Matt Harris & Sons Ltd., Tobique Forestry Inc./Tobique Economic Development Corporation, Maliseet Capital Construction/Tobique Economic Development Corporation, M.E. Phillips & Sons Ltd., Atcon Construction Inc., Acott Construction Ltd., Redem Construction Ltd., Restigouche Construction Ltd., St-Isidore Asphalte Ltée, HR Civil Contractors Ltd., Valley Foundations Works Ltd., Dunbar Construction Ltd., Caldwell & Ross Ltd., Dexter Construction Ltd., Aurèle Mallais & Fils Ltée.
Construction Facts:
- 3.5 million cubic meters of common material excavated
- 3.2 million cubic meters of solid rock excavated
- 680,000 tonnes of imported material
- 1.7 million tones of aggregate
- 250,000 tonnes of asphalt
- 19,500 cubic metres of concrete
- 14,900 square meters of waterproofing. That's enough waterproofing for 150 houses.
- 43 km of guide rail
- 30 km of wildlife fencing
- 981,000 square meters of topsoil placed
- 2 million square meters of land hydroseeded
Interesting Facts: This area has numerous boulders on the surface, some as big as cars! 1.3 million truck-loads of material was hauled. If each load was represented by a dump truck and each truck was lined up bumper to bumper, the line would be 16,000 km long.
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The Four Lane Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick
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