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Massachusetts Welcome Center and Route 286 By-Pass Ramp
I-95 Southbound, Salisbury, MA

Bayside Engineering, Inc. recently completed, for the Massachusetts Highway Department, the design and construction administration for a new Massachusetts Welcome Center and Rest Area Facility located on I-95 Southbound in Salisbury, MA.  A new Route 286 by-pass ramp to alleviate an existing hazardous weave condition was also designed by Bayside for inclusion in this 3.5 million dollar rest area reconstruction and upgrade project. 
 

Additional engineering design elements include:

    • Site Development and Alternatives Analysis
    • Geotechnical Studies and Groundwater Modeling
    • Wetland Mitigation, Replication and Permitting (25,000 S.F. of Wetlands Replication)
    • Welcome Center Building, Information Kiosk, Map Board, etc.
    • HVAC, Electrical, Mechanical and Emergency Electrical Generator
    • Restores, Plumbing, Leaching Field Soils Analysis, Design and Title V Permitting
    • Route 286 By-Pass Ramp and Signage
    • Acceleration/Deceleration Ramps
    • Site Landscaping and Public Uses (picnic tables, etc.)
    • Parking Areas and Handicap Accessibility
    • Sound Barriers and Noise Mitigation along back of Route 286 By-Pass Ramp
    • Stormwater Management, Treatment and Permitting (Retention Basins Designs, etc.)
    • Traffic Management during Construction
    • Site Signage and Advanced Highway Signage
Bayside was the design engineer and architect for the entire site, roadway, drainage, wetland replication and building work described above. Construction administration services included pre-construction overview, construction inspection and review, and shop drawing review. Bayside continues to ensure the satisfactory completion of our designs for the respective client.  Construction of this project was completed in 1999.

Other similar rest area projects designed by Bayside for the Massachusetts Highway Department since 1996 include Route 2 Eastbound and Westbound, Templeton, MA; and I-495 Northbound and Southbound, Chelmsford, MA.
 

Refer to Projects for additional designs completed by Bayside Engineering, Inc.