NM FTBL 2004(2) Wild Rivers Road

PROJECT NUMBER: NM FTBL 2004(2)

PROJECT NAME: Wild Rivers Road

Project Location

The Wild Rivers BCB is located within the Wild Rivers Recreation Area, a portion of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. It begins about 26 miles north of Taos, NM near the town of Cerro, NM, where NM state highway 378 dead-ends into the Byway. The Wild Rivers BCB is a 12.5-mile two-lane paved road that offers access points for recreational biking and mountain biking on 3 designated trails, sightseeing, camping / picnicking, fishing, and hiking on 10 designated trails. The access road is used for school visitations, architectural surveys, geology education services, horseback riding, and fishing tour guides.

SCOPE OF THE WORK:

The primary objective of the proposed project is the rehabilitation and reconstruction of 3.21-miles of the Wild Rivers Road section from the Loop Road end, north to the end of Ice Hill and consists of widening the paved surface to 34 feet to provide wider shoulders. Schedule A has a proposed pavement typical section of two 11-foot lanes and two 6-foot shoulders with safety edge and proper shouldering material to the top edge of pavement for 2.81 miles of road.

Option-X consists of 0.4 miles of full reconstruction areas at Ice Hill including reverse curves and realignment with a typical section of two 11-foot lanes and two 6-foot shoulders. The 3-inch asphalt pavement will be placed over 8-inches of aggregate base

ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE: The estimated price range of the project work is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.