By Harold Reutter
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Independent/Barrett Stinson One of the more popular and dangerous intersections in Grand Island, 10th Street and Broadwell Avenue, is undergoing a facelift and re-constructive surgery as Fidel Trejo of Diamond Engineering compresses the ground on what will be the new 10th Street connection to Broadwell Avenue. Adams Street will no longer intersect the two streets, and will be closed off at 10th Street with a turnaround installed. Independent/Barrett Stinson Jose Espinoza installs rebar sections in what will be the new 10th Street connection to Broadwell Avenue in Grand Island. Click Thumbnails to View

Grand Island Public Works Director Steve Riehle said that will be done by changing Adams Street into a cul-de-sac and eliminating it as part of the intersection.

"Tenth Street and Adams and Broadwell are a combination of a 'T' and a 'Y' intersection," Riehle said. "Broadwell and Adams is a 'Y' and Broadwell and 10th is a 'T.' They both line up at the same place."

That configuration made the intersection appear often on the city's list of accident reports, Riehle said.

He said the plan is to continue 10th and Broadwell as a "T" intersection and turn Adams into a cul-de-sac.

"People on Adams should be happy with that," Riehle said. "It should make it into a true neighborhood street."

Motorists will no longer veer off Broadwell to get onto Adams and use it as a shortcut, Riehle said.

He said the project is a safety project as opposed to a project to increase traffic capacity.

"We've got a couple of other (safety projects) we'd like to do up and down the road," Riehle said.

He said The Diamond Engineering Co. won the bid on the project, which will cost $73,102 to complete. He said the project should be done in two to three weeks.

"We've got a lot of paving to do," he said.