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1. 1. San Luis Obispo Tribune | 07/03/2003 | Cuesta Grade work may be done early

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   Published on: 7/3/2003   Last Visited: 7/3/2003

   The widening of Highway 101 over the Cuesta Grade should come to an end around September, two months ahead of the most recent estimate, said Tim Campbell, Caltrans' chief construction engineer for the project.

2. 2. San Luis Obispo Tribune | 05/07/2002 | Remaking the Grade

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   Published on: 5/8/2002   Last Visited: 5/8/2002

   There have been weather-related delays in the project in past years, but Tim Campbell, Caltrans' resident engineer on the project, said work is still on schedule to wrap up by November 2003.
   
   Campbell wasn't sure Monday how many cubic yards of dirt have been moved already, but said crews have at least two months of excavating yet to do.
   
   "It took a while to get up to speed," Campbell said. "We had to modify our system because there is a lot of clay (in the hillsides) and it was sticking to the hoppers in the conveyor. They'd have to stop everything every once in a while and jackhammer the clay out."
   
   Crews set up the conveyor system after closing the Cuesta Grade for one night in late January to erect a 50-ton temporary bridge. The bridge prevents crews from having to truck the dirt up and down the Grade in what would amount to more than 30,000 trips.
   
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   Campbell said the crews are moving about 2,000 cubic yards of dirt across the highway every day. The contractor crews are working 12-hour shifts throughout the week to keep the work moving. None of the dirt cut away from the hillsides is being taken off the Cuesta Grade, Campbell said.
   
   Crews are currently in the second of four phases on the project, and Campbell said commuters will see few lane closures through the summer as the excavation continues. Once the hillsides are cut, Caltrans will close the Grade overnight once more to take down the bridge and conveyor system. Campbell said that closure has not yet been scheduled.
   
   After that, crews will pack down the new road base and begin paving the new northbound lane. When the lane is completed this fall, Campbell said, northbound traffic will be shifted on to it, prompting lane closures.
   
   That will complete the second phase of work, and crews will shift to the middle of the highway to even up the height of the new and old lanes. With final paving and striping of the road and construction of a concrete median barrier, phases three and four are expected to take about another year to complete.
   
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3. 3. ASCE Gallery :: Cuesta Grade Field Trip :: 35_G

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   Published on: 3/15/2001   Last Visited: 1/24/2008

   ASCE members being instructed by Tim Campbell the project Resident Engineer.