Photo courtesy of Lunda Construction/Project Team

I-70 Rocheport Bridge Replacement Design-Build

Rocheport, Mo.

Award of Merit

Submitted by: Parsons

Owner: Missouri Dept. of Transportation

Lead Design Firm: Parsons

General Contractor: Lunda Construction Co.

Geotechnical Engineer: Dan Brown & Associates

Construction Engineering: Lucid Engineers

The I-70 crossing over the Missouri River at Rocheport, Mo., is known as the linchpin of America. First built in 1960, this artery of commerce moves more than 100 million tons of freight worth around $154 billion each year. This design-build replacement project delivered two new parallel bridges with three 12-ft driving lanes in each direction.

However, the central challenge was working on the river and adjacent floodplain while managing traffic and building two separate structures.…