Verdigris River Bridge

Improving a major Oklahoma highway bridge required designing for two modes of travel—highway and waterway. State Highway 51 in Wagoner County crosses the Verdigris River, which is part of the 445-mile-long McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. Barges use the waterway to travel from...

Signal Solutions

Key to Garver's long list of successful traffic projects is the experience and vision provided by our senior engineers. Garver's traffic team determines "big picture" solutions to congestion problems. With more and more cars on the road and decreasing revenues, traffic engineering is vital to maximizing...

Interstate 540 & Bobby Hopper Tunnel

Garver provided design services for 22 miles of Interstate 540's four-lane highway constructed through the rugged Boston Mountains. Because of the terrain, the project included deep cuts, high fills, and Arkansas' first highway tunnel. The design included protection of environmentally sensitive areas,...

Interstate 59

An infamous and dangerous S-curve along Interstate 59 in Laurel, Miss. is now only a memory, replaced by a roadway successor destined to improve traffic flow and reduce accidents. Newly constructed with an elevated bridge, the realigned interstate replaces the non-standard S-curve near downtown Laurel....

Big Dam Bridge

Garver helped Central Arkansas move toward completing the River Trail, a 14-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail that runs through Little Rock and North Little Rock along the banks of the Arkansas River by serving as the engineer for the Big Dam Bridge, a 4,122-foot pedestrian bridge over the Murray Lock...

Interstate 244 Inner Dispersal Loop

"This is arguably the most complex stimulus project in the whole country."   Rep. James Oberstar, U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman, made this comment during a January tour of the Interstate 244 Inner Dispersal Loop (IDL) project in Tulsa, Okla. He left impressed...

U.S. Highway 281

Hills along U.S. Highway 281 in Major County, Okla. added a level of complexity to an Oklahoma Department of Transportation project that replaced an aging bridge. The project runs through an area known to locals as Griever Canyon. Constructed in the 1930s, the three-span, 100-foot-long bridge across...

War Eagle Bridge Restoration

Featuring stone piers, wooden planks and a steel structure, the historic War Eagle Bridge in Northwest Arkansas is a community icon and treasured landmark. And now that it has been restored, visitors will continue to cross the bridge and enjoy the nostalgic aura of days gone by. Stretching across...

Mount Comfort Road

Mount Comfort Road, a minor arterial street in Fayetteville, Ark., now provides a smoother, less congested commute to nearby Interstate 540. Originally a two-lane road without curb and gutter, a widening project expanded the road to four lanes and incorporated sidewalks, bike lanes, drainage upgrades,...

Brockington Road

Although widening Brockington Road in Sherwood, Ark. faced several construction challenges, the city worked with Garver's construction engineering and inspection (CE&I) team to complete the project on time and under budget. After a different engineering firm designed the three-quarter-mile widening...

U.S. Highway 169

A freeway widening project in Tulsa, Okla. is providing traffic-weary commuters with much needed relief. "Traffic is no longer congested during morning and evening commutes," said Oklahoma Department of Transportation Division 8 Assistant Engineer Mark Zishka, PE. "The additional lanes greatly enhance...

Great River Bridge

Garver participated as a sub-consultant to HNTB on the design of the approach spans for the Great River Bridge, a new cable-stayed Mississippi River crossing near Arkansas City, Arkansas. The structure has a total length of approximately 22,000 feet and provides access across the Mississippi River for...