The Fuller Warren Bridge is the prestressed-concrete girder bridge that carries Interstate 95 (I-95) across the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida . The current structure was finished in October 2002, replacing the original bascule-bridge span, finished in 1954.
77-410: The current bridge was designed by HNTB Corporation in 1990 and built by Balfour Beatty Construction . It is over 7,500 ft (2,286 m) long, with a main span of 250 feet (76 m), and a vertical clearance of 75 ft (23 m). When completed in 2000, it carried eight lanes across the span. In the spring of 2018, a construction project began to add two more lanes and a shared-use path to
154-452: A "Top 40 Under 40" award. In 2015, HNTB's Clint Laaser, RA, LEED AP, received the same recognition. The annual award by the magazine recognizes 40 aviation industry professionals under the age of 40 for their academic, professional and community achievements. HNTB's aviation projects have earned several awards. The firm created the conceptual design for the 221-foot-tall air traffic control tower at San Francisco International Airport. In 2016,
231-399: A 2006 agreement brokered by Kay Bailey Hutchison , U.S. Senator from Texas, DFW Airport, Dallas, Fort Worth, Southwest, and American agreed to mutually support the repeal, but with a number of conditions. The agreement permanently capped the number of gates at Love Field and gave American and Southwest preferential leases to the remaining gates. Until 2025, international passenger flights in
308-479: A 2023 statement to The Dallas Morning News , former American Airlines chief executive officer Robert Crandall said that at the time, a Wright repeal was a greater threat to American Airlines than to DFW Airport. The Wright Amendment status quo was upset between 1996 and 2000, when laws were passed adding new states to the Wright service area, and several airlines began long-distance service from Love Field under
385-559: A 35% market share at DFW; its share was halved by 2004, after many of its mainline routes were downgraded to more frequent regional jet service in 2003. Delta constructed a satellite terminal in Terminal E in 1988 to accommodate their hub, which was permanently reopened in May 2019 for American Eagle operations. Delta closed its DFW hub in 2004 in a restructuring of the airline to avoid bankruptcy, cutting its DFW operation to only 21 flights
462-467: A battle that was finally decided (in favor of the airport) by the US Supreme Court in 1994. The seventh runway opened in 1996. The four primary north–south runways (those closest to the terminals) were all lengthened from 11,388 feet (3,471 m) to their present length of 13,400 feet (4,084 m). The first, 17R/35L, was extended in 1996 (at the same time the new runway was constructed) and
539-482: A day from over 250 and redeploying aircraft to hubs in Cincinnati, Atlanta and Salt Lake City. Prior to the closure, Delta had a 17.3% market share at DFW. In 1989 the airport authority announced plans to rebuild the existing terminals and add two runways . After an environmental impact study was released the following year, the cities of Irving , Euless and Grapevine sued the airport over its extension plans,
616-531: A dedicated network of shuttle buses. Hosting ten rental car companies, the center was completed in March 2000. A cargo facility at 1639 West 23rd Street is located on the airport property. Tenants include China Airlines , Lufthansa Cargo , and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service . The DFW Airport Department of Public Safety provides the airport with its own police, fire protection, and emergency medical services. The DFW International Airport headquarters
693-547: A fatal accident involving one of the construction workers caused a temporary suspension of the work. By March, 2019 the project was near half way construction. On April 6, 2023, the shared use path across the St Johns river finally opened. HNTB HNTB Corporation is an American infrastructure design firm. Founded in 1914 in Kansas City, Missouri , HNTB began with the partnership made by Ernest Emmanuel Howard with
770-545: A fully functioning, free standing emergency room on airport grounds, located in Southgate Plaza near the Airport Headquarters and Rental Car Center. With this opening, the facility became the first actual ER on an airport's property anywhere around the globe. DFW Airport tentatively completed a $ 2.7 billion "Terminal Renewal and Improvement Program" (TRIP), which encompassed renovations of three of
847-507: A gate capable of accommodating an Airbus A380 . American Airlines has a presence in every terminal at DFW. Other domestic airlines and some Canadian airlines operate out of Terminal E, while overseas carriers operate out of Terminal D. International Airlines that provide nonstop service to DFW include: Air Canada, Iberia, Air France, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, British Airways, Lufthansa, Qantas, Volaris, and Aeromexico. There are two Hyatt branded hotels located in
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#1732776269213924-511: A new expansion of Terminal E, with passengers boarding Skylink to reach Terminal F, and baggage travelling in a tunnel under International Parkway. Terminal F will be built in a way that it could be expanded to 22 gates in the future. The second phase of the project will include the delayed renovations of Terminal C, adding piers to with additional gates to terminals A and C, and upgrading roadways. The $ 2.72 billion project will add nine additional gates and will be completed in phases by 2028. Of
1001-464: A sports architecture practice. In 1982, it acquired the rail firm of Thomas K. Dyer adding track, signal, communications and traction power to its portfolio, thus positioning the firm to serve the rail industry. In 1993, it formally changed its name to HNTB Corporation. In 2000, the firm became employee-owned. HNTB's architecture projects have included Levi's Stadium in San Francisco, home of
1078-488: A store. DFW Airport has embarked on a series of expansion projects expected to last until 2028. The first phase will construct the long-discussed Terminal F, albeit significantly downsized from earlier plans. The 15-gate concourse will cost $ 1.63 billion and will be built between 2024 and 2026. Previous plans for Terminal F called for 24 gates at a cost of $ 3.5 billion. Terminal F will have no landside facilities. Passenger and baggage screening and services will be handled in
1155-631: Is additionally served by the Trinity Railway Express commuter rail line at CentrePort/DFW Airport Station via shuttle bus to the Remote South parking lot. The line serves both downtown Dallas and downtown Fort Worth . There is also the DART Silver Line opening in 2024 which will also serve terminal B. A consolidated rental car facility is located at the south end of the airport and connected to all terminals by
1232-952: Is called the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. HNTB was project oversight representative for the Florida Department of Transportation on the Sisters Creek Bridge replacement in Jacksonville, Florida. In 2017, the project earned a National Awards of Merit in the Transportation category from the Design-Build Institute of America. HNTB led the final design for the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge in Boston. The company won an award for
1309-443: Is located adjacent to Terminal C, with shuttle buses connecting to all terminals. The Grand Hyatt DFW opened on July 1, 2005 and has 298 rooms, 34,000 square feet (3,200 m ) of meeting space and three food and beverage outlets. The hotel is located directly above Terminal D, with direct access to the check-in area. The DFW Airport area is served by International Parkway (partially State Highway 97 Spur), which runs through
1386-460: Is located nearby at 2400 Aviation Drive. In 1995, the airport opened Founders' Plaza, an observation park dedicated to the founders of DFW Airport. The site offered a panoramic view of the south end of the airport and hosted several significant events, including an employee memorial the day after the September 11 attacks in 2001 and the airport's 30th anniversary celebration in 2004. As part of
1463-497: Is the architect of record on Orlando International Airport's new south terminal project. The project won a 2017 American Architecture Award. The firm also supports mentoring programs for young professionals in the aviation market. Ted Zoli is currently the national bridge chief engineer at HNTB. In 2016, the National Steel Bridge Alliance gave HNTB awards for several bridge projects. These included
1540-653: Is the sixth-busiest international gateway in the United States and the second-busiest international gateway in Texas (behind Houston-IAH ). The hub American Airlines operates at DFW is the second-largest single airline hub in the world and the United States, behind Delta Air Lines ' s hub in Atlanta . Located roughly halfway between the major cities of Dallas and Fort Worth , DFW spreads across portions of Dallas and Tarrant counties and includes portions of
1617-729: The Chicago Transit Authority Red Line Wilson Station Reconstruction Project in Chicago, including train control, communications, mechanical, architectural, environmental mitigation support and structural. The project was completed in 2017. HNTB was part of a joint venture that was lead designer on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit South Oak Cliff Extension 3 project. The project was completed in 2016. HNTB won
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#17327762692131694-458: The College of William & Mary , University of Southern California , and University of Michigan . The firm consists of around 7,200 professional staff across 79 locations, and is active in all major architectural specialties in the United States and around the world. Waddell & Harrington was formed in 1907 as a partnership between John Alexander Low Waddell and John Lyle Harrington and
1771-609: The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and the North Texas region, in the U.S. state of Texas . It is the largest hub for American Airlines , which is headquartered near the airport, and is the third-busiest airport in the world by aircraft movements and the second-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic in 2022 and 2023, according to the Airports Council International . As of 2021, it
1848-678: The San Francisco 49ers , completed in 2014; the Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower Airport terminal, which opened in 2015; an expansion of Kroger Field at the University of Kentucky; Camping World Stadium reconstruction in Orlando in 2014; and Bartle Hall Convention Center Ballroom Expansion in 2007. In 2014, Airport Business Magazine recognized two of the company's aviation experts, James Long PE and Jennie Santoro, with
1925-474: The Texas Department of Transportation as the managing agency and Zachry Construction Corporation as the primary contractor. The award was in recognition of their cooperative alliance in completing the project. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Dallas Fort Worth International Airport ( IATA : DFW , ICAO : KDFW , FAA LID : DFW ) is the primary international airport serving
2002-804: The 2017 Bronze Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts for its work supporting the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on the Fitchburg Commuter Rail Improvement Program. HNTB was lead designer for the SR99 Tunnel Project in Seattle. The tunnel was completed in 2017 and opened in 2019. HNTB was the independent design verifier for
2079-571: The Braniff hub era, DFW was one of only four U.S. airports to have scheduled Concorde service; Braniff commenced scheduled Concorde service from Dallas to Washington from 1979 to 1980, using British Airways and Air France aircraft temporarily re-registered to Braniff while flying within the United States. British Airways later briefly flew Concordes to Dallas in 1988 as a substitute for its ordinarily scheduled DC-10 service. Following airline deregulation, American Airlines (which had already been one of
2156-520: The Civil Aeronautics Administration earmarked US$ 1,900,000 (equivalent to $ 41,300,000 in 2023) for the construction of a Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport. American Airlines and Braniff Airways struck a deal with the city of Arlington to build an airport there, but the governments of Dallas and Fort Worth disagreed over its construction and the project was abandoned in 1942. After World War II , Fort Worth annexed
2233-722: The Contiguous United States can be flown to in four hours or less. It is also the largest carbon neutral airport in the world and the first in North America to achieve this status. As early as 1927, before the area had an airport, Dallas proposed a joint airport with Fort Worth. Fort Worth declined the offer and thus each city opened its own airport, Love Field in Dallas and Meacham Field in Fort Worth, each of which had scheduled airline service. In 1940,
2310-540: The Florida Department of Transportation used explosives to complete demolition of the old bridge on February 17, 2007. Conversion from the old Fuller Warren Bridge to the new one began with one lane of southbound I-95 traffic on April 16, 2000. The new bridge, built at a cost of approximately $ 100 million, was opened to all eight lanes in late 2002 and formally dedicated on January 13, 2003. About 2013, The Florida State Department of Transportation (FDOT) began
2387-557: The Florida Department of Transportation. HNTB supported the Florida Department of Transportation to complete I-595 Corridor Roadway Improvements in Broward County, Florida, which reached substantial completion in 2014. HNTB works on transit stations, commuter rail, Bus Rapid Transit, Positive Train Control, streetcars and others. The company is a supporter of high-speed rail projects. HNTB provided several services on
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2464-924: The Istanbul Strait Crossing tunnel in Turkey. The tunnel, also known as the Eurasia Tunnel , established a connection between the European and Asian sides of the city, and opened in 2016. The project won a 2016 Global Best Project award from Engineering News-Record, and engineering industry publication, in the Bridge/Tunnel category. The Milwaukee Office (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was named No 1. Best Place to Work in Milwaukee in 2020, 2021, & 2022 by Milwaukee's Business Journal . Ashley Booth, HNTB's national streetcar practice leader,
2541-898: The Johnson County Gateway Interchange for the Kansas Department of Transportation, and program management consultant services on the U.S. 290 Corridor rebuild for the Texas Department of Transportation. Additionally, the firm has served on the I-94 reconstruction for the Michigan Department of Transportation, the Milwaukee Zoo Interchange for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, and
2618-804: The Poplar Street Bridge project for the Missouri Department of Transportation. HNTB's intelligent transportation systems projects have included system design and maintenance and operations services for a smart truck parking system in Michigan and the Tampa Bay SunGuide Center. HNTB also supports the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority on Tampa Connected Vehicle Pilot and a Truck Parking Availability System for
2695-608: The Sam Rayburn Tollway. Bus routes serving the airport are operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Trinity Metro . DART operates route 230 from Downtown Irving/Heritage Crossing Station and Southwestern Medical District/Parkland Station to the Remote South Parking facility, and Trinity Metro operates the TRE Link bus route from CentrePort/DFW Airport station . Three rail systems serve
2772-1162: The South Park Bascule Bridge in Seattle; the Portsmouth Memorial Bridge between New Hampshire and Maine; the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge in St. Louis; and the Falls Flyover Ramp in Wichita, Kansas. HNTB serves as owner's engineer for the New York State Thruway Authority on the New NY Bridge project , which replaces the Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River in New York. The new bridge
2849-451: The U.S. Despite the increased local competition, the number of annual enplanements at DFW grew by five million from 2013 to 2015, only slightly less than an approximately six million passenger increase at Love Field during the same period. Airports Council International (ACI) named DFW Airport the best large airport with more than 40 million passengers in North America for passenger satisfaction in 2016. In June 2018, DFW Airport opened
2926-582: The Your10&;95 project to add operational improvements and enhancements to the I-10, I-95 highway interchange in metro Jacksonville. A planning department held several public meetings to discuss the proposed project and the cost of its construction with residents, community partners and businesses. They also asked for input from the public attendees. The meetings were held on February 10, 2014, on August 28, 2014, and on February 26, 2015. During those meetings, it
3003-600: The airport property into their city limits shortly after the airport was developed. The name change to Dallas/Fort Worth International did not occur until 1985. An innovative feature of the airport during its early history was the Vought Airtrans , the world's first operational fully automated people mover system. Later rebranded as the Airport Train and then the TrAAin ("AA" signifying American Airlines ),
3080-497: The airport referendum and the new North Texas Regional Airport would become a reality. However, many Dallas residents remained satisfied with Love Field, and an attempt to establish an independent Dallas Fort Worth Regional Airport Authority—despite strong backing from the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and Dallas mayor J. Erik Jonsson —failed when Dallas voters rejected the proposal by a narrow margin. After further negotiation,
3157-438: The airport's dedication included former Texas Governor John Connally , Transportation Secretary Claude Brinegar , U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen and Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe . The airport opened for commercial service as Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport on January 13, 1974, at a cost of $ 875 million (equivalent to $ 5.5 billion in 2024), which included $ 65 million for the land and $ 810 million in total construction costs. At
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3234-556: The airport: DART light rail , TEXRail , and the Trinity Railway Express . DART operates light rail from DFW Airport Terminal A station . This provides direct rail service on the Orange Line to Dallas and Las Colinas (with a later extension to DFW Airport North station ). TEXRail is a commuter rail service between DFW Airport Terminal B station and T&P Station in downtown Fort Worth . DFW Airport
3311-531: The bridge which was completed in spring 2023. The eastern end of the transcontinental Interstate 10 (I-10) meets I-95 just west of the bridge. The bridge is named after former Florida governor Fuller Warren , former member and eventual denouncer of the KKK , who held the office from 1949 to 1953. He was a member of the Jacksonville City Council from 1931 to 1937. The original bascule bridge
3388-536: The center of the airport, connecting to Airport Freeway (State Highway 183) on the southern side of the airport and John W. Carpenter Freeway (State Highway 114) on the northern side. International Parkway continues north of State Highway 114, carrying the State Highway 121 designation for a short while until its interchange with the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (I-635), where State Highway 121 continues north as
3465-415: The central highway, and to provide additional room for parking in the middle of each semicircle. The plan proposed thirteen such terminals, but only four were built initially. DFW held an open house and dedication ceremony on September 20–23, 1973, which included the first landing of a supersonic Concorde in the United States, an Air France aircraft en route from Caracas to Paris . The attendees at
3542-498: The central terminal area. The Hyatt Regency DFW International Airport was built in 1978 as the east wing of the Airport Marina Hotel. It originally had an identical twin west wing, located on the opposite side of International Parkway, which was built in 1974 and demolished for construction of Terminal D. It has 811 rooms, 92,000 square feet (8,500 m ) of meeting space and four food and beverage outlets. The hotel
3619-483: The cities instead established an appointed airport board consisting of seven members from Dallas and four from Fort Worth and were able to persuade all existing air carriers at Love, GSW, and Meacham to move to the new regional airport. Under the original 1967 airport design, DFW was to have pier-shaped terminals perpendicular to a central highway. In 1968, the design was revised to provide for semicircular terminals, which served to isolate loading and unloading areas from
3696-784: The cities of Grapevine , Irving , Euless , and Coppell . At 17,207 acres (26.89 sq mi; 69.63 km ), DFW is the second-largest airport by land area in the United States after Denver International Airport covering an area larger than Manhattan in New York City . It has its own post office ZIP Code , 75261, and United States Postal Service city designation ("DFW Airport, TX"), as well as its own police, fire protection, and emergency medical services. DFW Airport has service to 254 destinations (191 domestic, 63 international) from 28 passenger airlines. As of April 2023, DFW Airport has service to more nonstop destinations than any other airport in North America. Every major city in
3773-449: The distance between a passenger's car and airplane, and to reduce traffic on main airport roads. The DFW Skylink automated people mover system allows passengers to quickly travel between gates inside the secured area of the airport, with an average travel time of seven minutes. Terminal D is the airport's primary international terminal, with CBP (Customs and Border Protection) facilities to process arriving international passengers and has
3850-625: The enaction of the Wright Amendment in 1979, which banned airliners with more than 56 seats from operating between Love Field and airports beyond Texas and its four neighboring states: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. Braniff International Airways was a major operator at DFW in the airport's early years, operating a hub from Terminal 2W with international flights to South America and Mexico from 1974, London from 1978, and Europe and Asia from 1979, as well as extensive domestic service before ceasing all operations in 1982. During
3927-428: The facility. By 1984, the American hub occupied most of Terminal 3E and part of Terminal 2E. American's hub grew to fill all of Terminal 2E by 1991. American also began long-haul international service from DFW, adding flights to London in 1982 and Tokyo in 1987. Delta Air Lines also built up a hub operation at DFW, which occupied most of Terminal 4E through the 1990s. The Delta hub peaked around 1991, when Delta had
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#17327762692134004-442: The federal government in 1964 that it would unilaterally choose a site if the cities could not come to an agreement, officials from the two cities finally agreed on a location for a new regional airport that was just north of the near-abandoned GSW and almost equidistant from the two city centers. The land was purchased by the cities in 1966 and construction began in 1969. The cost of the first phase of Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport
4081-696: The firm Waddell & Harrington , founded in 1907. Considered as one of the most trusted U.S.-based design firms, HNTB generated a revenue of $ 3 billion in 2023, the second most of any architectural firm in the U.S. The firm specializes in sporting facilities; Levi's Stadium , in which HNTB was ranked third on a list of the World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015, and Allegiant Stadium ; transportation services such as airports, bridges, tunnels, roadways, and rail and transit systems, including renovations in places such as at Los Angeles International Airport and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport , and projects for educational institutions, which includes at
4158-402: The largest carriers serving the Dallas/Fort Worth area for many years) established its first hub at DFW on June 11, 1981. American finished moving its headquarters from Grand Prairie, Texas , to a building in Fort Worth located on the site of the old Greater Southwest International Airport , near DFW Airport on January 17, 1983; the airline began leasing the facility from the airport, which owns
4235-445: The late 20th century, the Wright Amendment had become unpopular with travelers and business groups because it suppressed local airline competition, but it was backed by powerful political interests including American Airlines, which did not want direct low-fare competition from Southwest Airlines at its DFW fortress hub . Efforts to revise the amendment in the 1980s and early 1990s became mired in lawsuits and political wrangling. In
4312-430: The metroplex may only operate from DFW Airport; Southwest must surrender Love Field gates if it or any codeshare agreement partners offer flights from DFW or another airport in the metroplex; and the parties agreed to cooperatively oppose passenger service from other airports in the area. On October 13, 2014, the Wright Amendment domestic flight restrictions ended, allowing airlines to fly from Love Field to anywhere in
4389-461: The mid-1960s, Fort Worth was getting 1% of Texas air traffic while Dallas was getting 49%, which led to the virtual abandonment of GSW. The joint airport proposal was revisited in 1961 after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) refused to invest more money into separate Dallas and Fort Worth airports. While airline service had steeply declined at both GSW and Meacham, Love Field was congested and had no more room to expand. Following an order from
4466-424: The multibillion-dollar renovations, American Airlines in 2014 asked to delay renovations of the terminal. In early 2023, Frontier Airlines established a crew operating base at DFW and added a gate to accommodate additional flights. In 2023, DFW served 81,764,044 passengers, a record for the facility, exceeding 80 million passengers for the first time in the airport's 50-year history. In 2023, toys “r” us opened
4543-402: The original four terminals (A, B, and E). Work on the project began following the conclusion of Super Bowl XLV in February 2011. Terminal A was the first terminal to undergo these renovations, which were completed in January 2017 at a cost of about $ 1 billion. This was followed by the completion of Terminal E in August 2017 and Terminal B in December 2017. While Terminal C was originally part of
4620-465: The other airlines agreed to move from Love Field to DFW, and it had only received approval to fly within the state of Texas. It refused to move to DFW because it felt that convenience for Dallas residents was central to its business. After the Airline Deregulation Act was enacted in 1978, Southwest announced flights to other states. Local officials feared that the resumption of long-distance flights at Love would threaten DFW's financial stability, prompting
4697-486: The other three (17C/35C, 18L/36R, and 18R/36L) were extended in 2005. DFW is now the only airport in the world with four serviceable paved runways longer than 4,000 metres (13,123 ft). Terminal D, built for international flights, and DFW Skylink , a modern bidirectional people mover system, opened in 2005. The remaining Airport Train system, which had been mostly replaced by buses in 2003, had been fully decommissioned weeks earlier. The largest commercial aircraft in
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#17327762692134774-401: The perimeter taxiway project, Founders' Plaza was closed in 2007 and moved to a new location surrounding a 50-foot (15 m)-tall beacon on the north side of the airport in 2008. The 6-acre (2.4 ha) plaza features a granite monument and sculpture, post-mounted binoculars, piped-in voices of air traffic controllers and shade pavilions. In 2010, a memorial honoring Delta Air Lines Flight 191
4851-430: The portions of the airport, fewer than 8,000 acres (3,200 ha) reside in Grapevine, fewer than 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) are in Irving, over 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) are in Euless, and 266 acres (108 ha) are in Coppell. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport has five terminals and 174 gates; these terminals are in the City of Grapevine. DFW's terminals are designed in a half-circle shape, which minimizes
4928-530: The previously unexploited 56-seat exemption. This broke Southwest's monopoly at Love Field, threatened highly profitable American Airlines routes at DFW, and proved that changes to the amendment were now politically viable. Southwest soon began campaigning to repeal the Wright Amendment, but was staunchly opposed by American Airlines, which feared that Southwest would maintain its near-monopoly at Love Field while simultaneously expanding to DFW Airport and possibly Fort Worth Alliance Airport or Meacham Airport . In
5005-436: The project earned a Grand Conceptor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies for the structural engineer of record ( Walter P Moore ). HNTB was lead architect and performed initial planning and engineering services on the San Diego International Terminal 2 expansion project. In 2014, the project earned a Best of the Best Projects award from Engineering News-Record in the Airport/Transit category. Currently, HNTB
5082-409: The repair of the John E. Mathews Bridge after it was severely damaged by a ship impact in September 2013. HNTB serves, and has previously served, on a variety of projects for state departments of transportation across the U.S. The firm's DOT work has included construction engineering and inspection services on the I-595 Express Corridor Improvements Project for the Florida Department of Transportation,
5159-422: The shared use path suggestion, as well as a number of other requests, such as adding traffic noise barriers for residents. The project also includes improvements to the I-10 ramps at Stockton and Irene streets. Construction began May 5, 2017 and was expected to be completed in the summer of 2020. See Shared Use Path (SUP) renderings Archived 2018-07-17 at the Wayback Machine . On the morning of October 4, 2018,
5236-448: The site and developed it into Amon Carter Field with the help of American Airlines. In 1953, Fort Worth transferred its commercial flights from Meacham to the new airport, which was 12 miles (19 km) from Love Field. In 1960, Fort Worth purchased Amon Carter Field and renamed it Greater Southwest International Airport (GSW) in an attempt to compete with Dallas' airport, but GSW's traffic continued to decline relative to Love Field. By
5313-569: The system ultimately encompassed 13 mi (21 km) of fixed guideways and transported as many as 23,000 persons per day at a maximum speed of 17 mph (27 km/h). When it opened, DFW had four terminals, numbered 2W, 2E, 3E and 4E. During its first year of operations, the airport was served by American Airlines, Braniff International Airways , Continental Airlines , Delta Air Lines , Eastern Air Lines , Frontier Airlines , Ozark Air Lines , Rio Airways and Texas International Airlines . Southwest Airlines had not begun flights when
5390-422: The time of DFW's opening, at 17,500 acres (27.3 sq mi; 7,100 ha; 71 km ), it was the largest airport in the world ever constructed in terms of land area (surpassed in October 1975 with the opening of Montréal-Mirabel International Airport ). The first flight to land was American Airlines Flight 341 from New York, which had stopped in Memphis and Little Rock. The surrounding cities began to annex
5467-425: The world, the Airbus A380 , made its inaugural arrival at DFW in September 2014 and was handled at Terminal D. From 2004 to 2012, DFW was one of two US Army "Personnel Assistance Points" that received US troops returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for rest and recuperation. This ended on March 14, 2012, leaving Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport as the sole Personnel Assistance Point. In
5544-784: Was awarded the 2017 Training Professional of the Year Award by the National Transit Institute. In 2006, the American Public Works Association named the High Five Interchange as the "Public Works Project of the Year" for its massive size, its innovative design, the complexity and rapidity of its construction and the need it fulfilled for the community. HNTB Corporation received the award as the primary consultant, along with
5621-557: Was based in Kansas City, Missouri , but had offices in Portland, Oregon , and Vancouver , British Columbia . The company designed more than 30 vertical-lift bridges for highways and railroads. After Howard's partnership, Waddell & Harrington eventually became Harrington, Howard & Ash. In 1941, it changed its name to Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff when Enoch Needles, Henry Tammen & Ruben Bergendoff joined as partners. In 1975, it merged with Kivett and Myers to form
5698-589: Was estimated at $ 700 million. Voters went to the polls in cities throughout the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex to approve the new North Texas Regional Airport, which was named after the North Texas Commission that was instrumental in the regional airport coming to fruition. The North Texas Commission formed the North Texas Airport Commission to oversee the planning and construction of the giant airport. Area voters approved
5775-442: Was named to Mass Transit Magazine's Top 40 Under 40 2017 list. Tim Faerber, PE, a senior vice president at HNTB, received ENR Midwest's Legacy Award in 2017. Faerber was the fourth person to win the award. During his career, he has led HNTB's Illinois operations and was Great Lakes Division president from 2010 to 2013. Diana Mendes, HNTB's transit/rail market sector leader, Mid-Atlantic Division president and senior vice president,
5852-695: Was suggested that as part of the widening project to add two additional traffic lanes to the Fuller Warren bridge, a pedestrian shared use path should be added as well. The proposed path over the St. Johns River would connect the Riverside and Avondale historic neighborhood with the San Marco historic neighborhood. As the current bridge provides for no pedestrian or bicycle access, the FDOT agreed to implement
5929-447: Was tolled until 1988, when the city of Jacksonville abolished toll collections. Increasing wear from heavy traffic, including a 1993 incident in which a 3 square feet (0.28 m) fragment of concrete broke loose, forced officials to ban large trucks from the bridge in 1998. It was permanently closed June 13, 2001, when all traffic was moved to the new Fuller Warren Bridge. After delays in removal because of legal and environmental concerns,
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