Woodstock to Pokiok:

Project: New four-lane highway

Federal-Provincial Agreements: Strategic Highway Infrastructure Program, Canada/New Brunswick Highway Improvement Program, Canada/New Brunswick Agreement on the Completion of the Twinning of the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick

Length: 33 km

Number of Structures: 14, including three major river crossings at Bulls Creek, Eel River and Shogomoc River, each requiring twin structures

Number of Interchanges: 3

Status: Opened to traffic in 2003

Contractors: Aurèle Mallais & Fils Ltée., Caldwell & Ross Ltd., Highway Paving Ltd., Maritime Steel & Foundries Ltd., Dexter Construction Ltd., Redem Construction Ltd., St-Isidore Asphalt Ltée., Fundy Contractors Ltd., Acott Construction Ltd., Satellite Construction Ltd., Goodfellows Trucking Ltd., Valley Foundation Works Ltd., Diamond Construction (1961) Ltd., Clarence Daigle & Fils Ltée., EBC Inc., Bluestone Contracting Inc. St. Onge Forest Products Ltd., Atcon Construction Ltd., Clayco Construction

Construction Facts:

• 3.2 million cubic metres of common material excavated
• 246,000 cubic metres of unclassified excavation
• 2.1 million cubic metres of solid rock excavated
• 554,000 tonnes of imported material
• 1.9 million tonnes of crushed material
• 248,000 tonnes of asphalt
• 31 km of guide rail
• 1.5 million square metres of topsoil placed
• 2 million square metres of land hydroseeded
• 446 hectares of land of cleared
• 16,400 cubic metres of concrete required for structures
• 1.5 million kilograms of rebar required for structures
• 6 km of piles required for structures
• 10,700 square metres of waterproofing on structures. That’s enough waterproofing for about 95 houses!

Woodstock to Pokiok TCH in the valley Benton Road Bulls Creek Connection work - Woodstock

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