June 2004

(San Antonio, Texas) – ZCC is just months away from completing the Loop 410 expansion project, a multi-million-dollar project that is expanding the highway from three to five lanes in both directions. The project, which began in April 2001, also calls for the demolition and reconstruction of overpasses in a 1.5-mile span west of Jackson Keller Road to the east of Blanco Road, in north central San Antonio.

Comprised of separate contracts for two adjacent stretches that connect just east of Honeysuckle Road, Zachry’s work has included typical dirt, concrete, embankment, signal, signage and landscape work, in addition to substantial drainage improvements.

Project manager Craig Patterson’s Loop 410 team has been dealt its fair share of challenges since the project began, including record-breaking floods. The Honeysuckle portion of the project was especially impacted by unusually wet weather. In July 2002, more than eight inches of rain fell in a 90-minute period, and wreaked havoc on the roadway and the adjacent Olmos Creek.

The resulting floodwaters destroyed the westbound Loop 410 frontage road intersection with West Avenue, and washed out a box culvert on the eastbound frontage road, leaving a yawning 20-square-foot hole. Crews mobilized immediately to repair the damage.

“The most satisfying part of working on this project has been challenging our people and then seeing the results of their hard work,” said Patterson. All in all, Patterson is pleased with the way the Loop 410 work has progressed.

“The brightest part of any project is watching people take on new challenges and meet those challenges,” said Patterson.

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