Highways & Streets
Safe, accessible highways and streets support daily life, economic vitality and community growth. From rural highways and complex urban interchanges to arterials and local streets, we help public agencies and private clients plan, fund, design and deliver roadway systems that respond to current demands and prepare for future needs. Our integrated teams support informed decision-making from early visioning through construction.
Why Highways & Streets Matter
Highway and street projects shape broader transportation systems and the growth of communities. These networks support daily travel, freight movement and access to critical services, while also serving as key links within larger corridor and state transportation plans. Strategic roadway investments improve safety, mobility and system performance while supporting long-term community and economic goals.
Roadway design and construction must balance mobility, safety, funding requirements and long-term performance while responding to evolving traffic demands and land use patterns. Through a complete streets approach, safety and accessibility are enhanced through the integration of bike, pedestrian, multimodal and ADA-compliant features.
Why Burns & McDonnell
We bring a multidisciplinary approach to highway and street projects that connects strategic planning, design and construction into a cohesive delivery strategy. Our planning services include corridor and long-range transportation plans, multimodal studies, safety analyses and community and stakeholder engagement, helping agencies define priorities, evaluate alternatives and build support for investment decisions.
Our teams support a wide range of project delivery methods, including design-build, progressive design-build and engineer-procure-construct (EPC), helping streamline schedules, coordinate stakeholders and align technical decisions early in the process. Construction professionals partner closely with planners and designers from the outset, informing construction costs, enhancing constructability and reducing risk before projects advance.
Our experience spans projects delivered for state DOTs, toll authorities, municipalities and private-sector clients, with roadway solutions tailored to each owner’s operational needs and funding availability. By integrating constructability, risk evaluation and delivery planning from the outset, projects move forward with clarity and coordination across all phases. This integrated approach improves cost certainty and schedule reliability in ever changing regulatory and funding environments.
Roadway Design Across Diverse Contexts
We design highways, streets and other roadways that perform across urban, suburban and rural settings. This includes interstate and highway corridors, interchange and ramp systems, arterial roadways, access roads, and local street networks. Designs address traffic operations, safety, drainage and long-term maintenance while responding to constrained rights-of-way, adjacent development and environmental considerations.
Roadway projects often incorporate bridges and structures such as grade separations, retaining systems and crossings that support corridor continuity and improve mobility. Stormwater infrastructure is integrated throughout roadway design to manage runoff, enhance resilience and protect surrounding communities and waterways. The result is roadway infrastructure that supports safer operations, manages risks and delivers lasting value for owners and the traveling public.
