DOWL

**New**

Glenn-Bragaw Interchange Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Monday, October 6, 2008, 12 p.m. 

West-End of the Pedestrian Tunnel

Parking is available near the intersection of 3rd and Flower Street

Construction Alert!

Glenn Highway Closure

The Glenn Highway and 5th Avenue between Ingra Street and Boniface Parkway are currently open to traffic

Bragaw Street Closure

Bragaw Street is currently open to traffic.

If you would like to be notified via email of closures and detours regarding this project, please email GlennBragaw@dowl.com.

For additional closure information please visit www.AlaskaNavigator.org

What is this?

The Glenn-Bragaw Interchange Project is a design-build project. The State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) asked designers and builders to work together to come up with an innovative design proposal for a grade-separated interchange of Glenn Highway at the intersection with Bragaw Street. Wilder Construction Company and DOWL Engineers were selected and the preliminary design is complete. The Glenn-Bragaw Interchange Project is expected to be complete in the Fall of 2008.

Why is it needed?

Approximately 50,000 vehicles per day travel through the Glenn Highway and Bragaw Street Intersection. There are three westbound lanes, which merge into two near McCarrey Street creating a bottleneck for commuters traveling into Anchorage. The high demand and bottlenecked condition results in severe congestion, delay, and rear-end collisions. Traffic in this area is expected to double in the next 20 years. A grade-separated intersection will allow traffic to continue through the intersection without stopping.

What will it look like?

The new Glenn/Bragaw Interchange will allow three lanes of traffic in each direction on the Glenn Highway to flow under the new raised Bragaw Street. Off ramps on the Glenn Highway for east and west bound Bragaw Street traffic will be added as well a pedestrian underpass.  

Click here for project image.