Meade US-54 (Plains)
Passing lane addition on US-54 leading to Plains, KS.
Scope of Work
J&R added passing lanes across 1.5 miles of US-54 east of the Seward/Meade county line, extending into Plains, Kansas. Crews placed 29,430 tons of asphalt on a $6.5 million contract. The project ran from March 2025 through April 2025.
An active bridge repair project sat between J&R's asphalt plant and the paving site, with a traffic signal running alternating one-way traffic across the bridge. The bottleneck would have cut production in half if J&R had kept the standard truck count.
To maintain production rates and keep the paving crew supplied, the haul truck fleet was increased by 50% for the duration of the project. The decision protected the schedule and let the crew finish on time despite a constraint that had nothing to do with the paving work itself.
Tonnage
29,430 tons
Location
Meade County, KS
Timeline
2 Months
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