E-470 Authority Named DBIA's 2006 Owner of the Year

An aerial view of E-470, looking north. The two-mile-long flyby now under construction is to the left. (Photo courtesy of E-470 Public Highway Authority)

The E-470 Public Highway Authority has been chosen as Owner of the Year by the Design-Build Institute of America for 2006.

E-470 was selected for its significant contributions in advancing the awareness, understanding and use of design-build project delivery.

The Owner of the Year is a new awards category for DBIA, with E-470 as the first recipient. The award was presented to E-470 officials earlier this month at the 2006 Design-Build Transportation Conference in Portland, Ore.

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E-470 has previously completed two design-build contracts with a total value of nearly $600 million. The third and most recent design-build project is the construction of the Interstate 70 flyby.

Now under construction, the two-mile-long flyby will eliminate stops at the traffic signals for E-470 through-drivers. The project also includes a fully directional flyover from northbound E-470 to westbound I-70. Construction started on the $58 million project in January 2005, with completion scheduled for October 2007.

E-470 is a tollway that runs along the eastern perimeter of the Denver metropolitan area. The 70-mph highway extends 47 miles from C-470 at I-25 in Douglas County, ending at I-25 near 160th Avenue in Thornton.

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