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I-10 Widening: Prince Road to 29th Street |
Project Improvements
Aesthetics
On the I-10 Prince Road to 29th Street Widening project, the design team included architects, landscape architects, and artists, as part of the team to provide aesthetic treatment. Wheat Scharff Landscape Architect and artist Carol Clement headed up the aesthetic treatment team for the Prince Road to St. Mary's Road section. Gresham Beach Architects teamed with Gonzalo Espinoza, a nationally recognized artist, on the St. Mary's Road to 29th Street section
The aesthetic teams on the project developed concepts based on input from 13 neighborhood associations at 16 separate meetings. These concepts were displayed and presented at open houses in December 2004 and October of 2005. The final concepts were selected by the community at the open houses.
The open houses were attended by 225 people; 80,000 invitations were sent out in addition to the newspaper advertisements and media announcements.
Unifying Theme
The two unifying themes for the project are the Santa Cruz River and the natural environment of the Sonoran Desert.
The Santa Cruz River is the birthplace of the community. The Sonoran Desert environment depicted throughout the project has a variety of interesting plant and animal
species to choose from. The community was asked to help focus the architects, artists and other designers' attention on the most attractive and characteristic features to
identify this as a freeway that helps link Tucson together; past, present and future.
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The concepts developed at Speedway Boulevard are an acknowledgement of
the importance of the
University of Arizona and Pima College to the community. |
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The concepts developed for St. Mary's Road are a reflection of the rich cultural heritage of the adjacent barrios, which will be depicted in photo tile murals. |
The imagery for the Grant Road Bridge is derived from the adjacent Pascua Yaqui community. The concept at this location was to work with the Pascua Yaqui community to obtain enhancement grants.
This approach allows the community to develop the enhancements that reflect their community. |
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Present-day Clark Street Bridge looking west toward "A" Mountain. |
The concepts developed at Clark Street are a tribute to the importance of the Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase to the community and depicted with fossil imagery. |
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