CME.08 – Wideing of the Deerfield Road with Consideration of the Forcemain Pipe
Team Members Heading link
- Patryk Kaszuba
- Faraz Khan
- Konrad Kot
- Minhaj Lakhota
- Julio Martinez, Hasan Merchant
Project Description Heading link
Traffic congestion is a function of many factors, one being the quality of infrastructure. In Riverwoods, Illinois, Deerfield Road is a two-lane roadway that crosses over the Des Plaines River. This two-lane roadway contributes to significant traffic congestion, especially during rush hour, and requires a solution forward to best provide relief for commuters. The existing bridge features two 12′ lanes, and an 8′ shoulder on both sides of the bridge. However, a major issue preventing the widening of the bridge is a mismarked force main pipe impeding the widening. The significance of this project is that Deerfield Road is one of the major roads that connects Milwaukee Avenue to Riverwoods Roads and the community of Deerfield. To help alleviate this issue our Senior Design Team will explore a potential design option to widen the road and reduce traffic congestion. To accomplish this goal the team will be consulting the Local Roads and Streets Manual published by the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Steel Construction Manual published by the American Institute of Steel Construction. This study will provide a design option that widens the Deerfield Road bridge along with alternative methods of adjusting the force main to allow for the widening of the road. Our design will accommodate the force main pipe and reduce the traffic on the road per our original objective.