Engineer

Ciorba Group

General Contractor

McCarthy Improvement Co.

Owner

Illinois Department of Transportation

Precast Producer

Utility Concrete Products

Precast Specialty Engineer

Larson Engineering

Key Project Attributes

• Noise-abatement walls for Illinois Route 5 near Moline, Ill.
• Rolling terrain required flexible system to adapt to each change in location.
• Aesthetic treatment required to be visually attractive and cost efficient.

Project/Precast Scope

• 200 wall panels, 28 ground-mounted and 172 structure-mounted panels.
• Simulated limestone masonry appearance achieved with formliners and multi-color paint system.
• 12-inch-wide smooth coping along top of panels.
• Panels are 4 inches thick, except for some ground-mounted panels, which are 8 inches thick.
• Heaviest structure-mounted panels are 10 feet tall and 14’-10” wide and weigh about 8,740 pounds.
• Heaviest ground-mounted panels are 10 feet tall and 20’-4” wide and weigh about 21,805 pounds.