SAN ANTONIO (October 14, 2013) – Sundt Construction Inc. will take down the barricades to the West 7th Street Bridge, opening the Fort Worth thoroughfare to traffic for the first time in nearly four months. The bridge, which links downtown Fort Worth with the city’s cultural district, was slated to be closed into November. The Sundt team, however, fought through wet weather and executed its plan to open lanes for traffic a month early.
“Our team, led by Texas Area Manager Chris Cedar, did a fantastic job with this project,” Sundt Senior Vice President and Texas District Manager John Carlson said. “We promised the people of Fort Worth, and our client TxDOT, that we would deliver this project safely and efficiently, and our team exceeded everyone’s expectations.”
The West 7th Street Bridge is the first of its kind in Texas built with precast, post-tensioned arches. The 12 arches on the bridge were built offsite and moved into place. Each arch is 163 feet long and weighs more than 300 tons.
Sundt has completed more than 228 design-build projects. Besides the West 7th Street Bridge project, Sundt is completing the Trans Mountain Highway West Loop 375 project in El Paso.
In Texas, Sundt has a history of more than 40 years and $1 billion of project work. Among the general contractor's notable Texas projects are Warrior in Transition Barracks at Fort Bliss, Fort Sam Houston and Fort Hood; Reunion Tower, Dallas; Legacy Town Centers, Plano; Bergstrom Airport, Austin; and the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) 911 Dispatch Center, San Antonio.
