Chemeketa: Rankine-Dallas Corridor, Part 2
Hi everyone-
It's that time again . . . another update of Tarkusian Cities is upon us. We'll be back to the Rankine-Dallas Corridor Project for Part 2.
When we last left off, the City of Chemeketa had completed Part 1 of the Rankine-Dallas Corridor Project--hooking Sorenson Street NE into Dallas Drive NE to provide better access to some of the new office park developments in that area. We'll be looking at the work on the north side of the corridor, where Rankine Lane NE will be connected into Dallas Drive.
As you can see here, Dallas Drive has been closed off at the project site (facing north)--the bit to the left side of the first image is where grading is underway on the Rankine Ln extension.


Because of the odd intersection geometry where Rankine will intersect Dallas, the city has decided to construct a roundabout here--it will be the city's first multi-lane roundabout (facing north).

Dallas Drive will be widened slightly south of the roundabout (facing north).

Paving work is underway (facing north).

A look at progress on the Rankine Ln extension at the intersection with 52nd Avenue (facing north).

More paving and roadway reconstruction along Dallas Drive (facing north).




A broader overview of the current progress (facing north).

Work continues on the 52nd Avenue end (facing north).

Getting ready to fully connect Rankine into the roundabout (facing north)

The extension is almost ready to be connected into the 52nd Avenue intersection (facing north). As the engineering studies showed there would be a very large volume of right turns off 52nd Avenue eastbound onto the new section of Rankine Lane southbound, a slip lane is being constructed.

The roundabout's all connected up (facing north).

And now the Rankine Lane extension is completed and opened up to traffic (facing north).


For comparison, here are before and after maps of the corridor:
Before
After
That does it for this latest installment of Tarkusian Cities . . . we'll be taking a brief look at some other minor projects in the immediate vicinity of this one next time. Hope you enjoyed it!
-Alex
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