Harpers Corner
Company
Burdick Materials
Project Type
Asphalt
Asphalt Paving
Construction
Highway
Location
Central Utah
Burdick Materials was awarded the 2024 NAPA Quality in Construction and has been recognized as having the smoothest paving rating since the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration began keeping record of how smooth the highways are. The reconstruction of Harpers Road has reduced the footprint of the roadway which has minimized the environmental impacts, lowered maintenance costs, and preserved the surrounding natural habitat of the Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado.
Project Name: Harpers Corner Road CO FTNP DINO 11(1)
Company: Burdick Materials
Location: Dinosaur National Monument, Moffitt County, Colorado
Project Owner: U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highways Administration Central Federal Lands Highway Division
General Contractor:
Start Date: Spring 2024
End Date: Winter 2024
Materials and Quantities Used: 2,450 CY, 257 LF, and 254514 tons of Asphalt
Project Description:
The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration contracted Burdick Materials in the reconstruction of the Harpers Corner Road project located within the picturesque Dinosaur National Monument. The scenic highway offers views of the monument’s canyon topography and access to many hiking trails within the monument.
The project’s main objective was to reduce the highway’s footprint inside the monument. By doing this, the roadway’s impact would be minimized thus reducing the environmental impacts, lowering maintenance costs, and preserving the surrounding natural habitat of the national monument.
The reconstruction of Harpers Corner Road covered seven miles of the 31-mile scenic route located within the monument to rehabilitate this section of roadway by taking out older worn-out asphalt and replacing it with four inches of newer stronger asphalt.
Notably, this project was completed with zero safety incidents and has been award the 2024 National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) Quality in Construction Award and has been recognized has having the smoothest asphalt lay since the Federal Highway Administration began recording the International Roughness Index (IRI) in 1986.
