Enhancing the I-10 Broadway Curve: Revamping Tempe Drain for improved freeway safety, efficiency

Keeping excess amounts of water off freeways is always a goal when designing and constructing roadways and crews with the Interstate 10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project are working to ensure that this goal is met.

One of the major components of the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project includes widening I-10 by adding more lanes through the Broadway Curve area and that addition willsubsequently increase stormwater runoff from the highway. In order to ensure that large amounts of water stay off the freeway, crews are improving the Tempe Drain that runs along westbound I-10 near 32nd Street. 

Work in this area consists of converting the lining of the Tempe Drain from rock to concrete, which will help increase water capacity flow as the water flows towards and empties into the Salt River. This conversion will also help reduce maintenance needs in the drain area. 

Once work is completed, about a half mile of the Tempe Drain will be newly lined with concrete and in some areas will be as wide as 40 feet. 

You can learn more about the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project by visiting i10broadwaycurve.com and download the free project mobile app called The Curve. 

Also, watch the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project Behind the Scenes video on the Tempe Drain below:

 

 

 

 

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