Shelburne Street Roundabout Project Burlington, VT

Project Photos

VTrans & The City of Burlington Department of Public Works

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Existing utilities graphic

Construction Drawing for new Shelburne Street Roundabout

Graphic of planned Shelburne Street Roundabout

November 2022

The roundabout opening electric and hybrid vehicle parade.

November 2022

The Vermont Agency of Transportation joins Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger and representatives from the Burlington City Council, Council President Karen Paul, and the Burlington Public Works Department, Director Spencer Chapin, to announce the substantial completion of the roundabout.

November 2022

The substantially complete roundabout which was opened to traffic in early November.

October 2022

The last of the concrete islands were installed this week, along with the remaining crosswalks across Shelburne Street and Ledge Road.

September 2022

Landscapers are on site planting trees throughout the project.

September 2022

Progress photo of the future Shelburne Street Roundabout beginning to take shape.

September 2022

Crew preparing to pour the truck tracking apron at the bottom of South Willard Street. Steel rebar is placed to reinforce the strength of the concrete pad and plastic is placed around the curbing as a bond breaker.

September 2022

Crews applying the cobblestone concrete stamp to the freshly poured Locust Street splitter island.

September 2022

Curbing has been installed in the remainder of the roundabout center.

September 2022

Curbing has been installed on several splitter islands including the one on Locust Street pictured here.

August 2022

The construction staging area at the top of Locust Street returned to green field.

August 2022

The first half of the roundabout center has been completed.

August 2022

The concrete tracking apron being installed at the roundabout.

August 2022

The concrete tracking apron being installed at the roundabout.

July 2022

Crews works to assemble and place one of the new street lights on Shelburne Street.

July 2022

Pervious concrete pavers being installed along the north side of Locust Street.

July 2022

Shelburne Street north of the roundabout has had curbing installed, greenbelts restored, and has been opened up again to two way traffic.

July 2022

The Roundabout begins to take shape as portions of the inner and outer circular curb are placed this week.

June 2022

The future Shelburne Street Roundabout begins to take shape as the base course of pavement is completed throughout the project area.

June 2022

The old roadway base of Shelburne St between South Willard St and Marian St has been excavated and is being realigned and rebuilt with new subbase materials.

June 2022

900 feet of new curb on Shelburne Street between Gove Court and Adams Court. Approximately, 1,500 feet of new curb was installed throughout the project the week of June 13.

June 2022

Base paving of shared use paths is occurring throughout the project area. Pedestrians and bicyclists should watch for closures and detours while this work continues.

June 2022

Newly constructed sidewalk on the east side of Shelburne Street. Work continues on the installation of sidewalks and shared use paths throughout the project area.

May 2022

The roadway excavation, subbase installation and paving of base course of asphalt on Shelburne Street between Adams Court and Gove Court was completed this past week.

May 2022

Monday, 5/23, at 6:30 a.m. after overnight excavation.

May 2022

Monday, 5/23, 6:30 p.m. after daytime backfill and compaction of roadway subbase material.

May 2022

Tuesday, 5/24, 6:30 a.m., overnight excavation (looking north on U.S. 7 from intersefction of Adams Court and Shelburne Street).

May 2022

Tuesday, May 24, 6:30 p.m. after daytime material placement and compaction operations.

May 2022

Work begins on the box cut of Shelburne Street. Crews excavate to a depth of just over 4 feet and place compacted sand and gravel to form the new roadway subbase.

May 2022

New curbing installed along the west side of South Willard Street.

April 2022

New sidewalk installed on north side of Locust Street

April 2022

Construction of the concrete block retaining wall and installation of associated draining is ongoing on South Willard Street.

April 2022

Excavation, material placement, and compaction of roadway subbase material on South Willard Street has been continuing to progress in preparation for paving.

April 2022

New subbase on South Willard Street.

April 2022

Build up of subbase for new shared use path on the west side of Shelburne Street.

March 2022

The first of six cover slabs for the Locust Street stormwater vault being lifted into place.

April 2022

Temporary pavement being placed on Shelburne Street and South Willard Street.

March 2022

The box cutting has begun in preparation of installing the roadway subbase along South Willard Street.

March 2022

The cast-in-place concrete stormwater vault will provide more than 60,000 gallons of water storage, improving drainage conditions in the area and increasing the capacity of the City’s stormwater system in the area.

March 2022

Installation of new concrete duct bank for underground utilities. New duct banks will be larger and placed deeper in the ground. They will replace older ones (shown above) that will be removed when the roadway subbase is rebuilt.

March 2022

Construction of duct bank on Shelburne Street for underground power and telecommunication lines

February 2022

Placement of concrete to build the floor slab of a stormwater storage vault at the corner of Locust and Shelburne Streets. Concrete was placed using a pump truck, shown above.

February 2022

Excavator with hydraulic hammer used to break and remove high ledge for new water line and stormwater pipes.

February 2022

Excavation and installation of shoring for the stormwater vault at the corner of Locust and Shelburne Streets.

February 2022

Pre-drilling on South Willard Street prior to blasting ledge for stormwater and waterline infrastructure.

February 2022

Excavation and safe disposal of contaminated soils in the project area on Shelburne Street

January 2022

Forming of telecommunication and electric duct bank on South Willard Street prior to pouring concrete

January 2022

Current pedestrian detour around the South Willard Street closure area

January 2022

Excavation through sub grade and ledge for duct bank installation on South Willard Street

January 2022

Crews installing temporary roadway surface on Shelburne Street.

January 2022

Ground heaters and insulated blankets are being utilized to thaw ground frost and allow the contractor to continue installation of waterline, underground utility, and stormwater infrastructure.

January 2022

Installation of conduit ducts for underground utilities on South Willard Street

December 2021

Relocation of utility duct bank on Shelburne Street

December 2021

Excavation for new storm water pipes and catch basins on Gove Court

December 2021

Backfilling the interconnection of newly installed waterline on Shelburne Street

November 2021

Backfilling after installation of a new storm water catch basin on Shelburne Street

November 2021

Crews setting granite curbing on Locust Street

November 2021

Backfilling of newly installed storm water infrastructure

November 2021

Paving operations of base course on Locust Street

October 2021

Setting a catch basin for storm water on Locust Street

October 2021

Excavation and ledge removal via pneumatic hammer to make way for new sewer utilities

September 2021

Crew installing sewer line on Gove Court

September 2021

Excavation for waterline installation at the intersection of Locust Street and Shelburne Street

September 2021

Temporary traffic pattern at the intersection of Ledge Road and Shelburne Street

September 2021

Temporary traffic pattern at the intersection of Ledge Road and Shelburne Street