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Today roadway clients must navigate increasingly complex regulatory, environmental, and operational challenges. With extensive experience in providing complete design services for projects ranging from local roads to major interstates, Wilbur Smith Associates can help city, county, state, federal, and private sector clients meet these challenges. The roadway design staff consists of highly qualified professionals who provide reasoned, practical, creative, and context-sensitive solutions for a broad range of roadway infrastructure projects. With design offices strategically located in the United States and throughout the world, WSA is positioned to provide clients with world class service at the local, grass roots level.

From project conception through project implementation, WSA provides a complete spectrum of transportation-related services, of which roadway design is an important component. This broad expertise enables project teams to draw on in-house resources as needed to complete projects efficiently and meet schedule requirements. Design requirements vary widely depending upon the functional classification of the roadway and the urban or rural character of the service area. WSA has significant design experience for all functional classifications, including expressways, principal arterials, minor arterials, collectors, and local roads, both rural and urban. Especially critical in today’s economy, our project managers have experience with alternative delivery systems, including design-build and public-private partnerships, to help clients overcome budget challenges and get critical infrastructure built.

Design services offered include:

  • Grade separations
  • System-to-system and collector-distributor roads intersections
  • Toll roads
  • High occupancy vehicle lanes
  • High occupancy toll lanes
  • Parkway and boulevard design
  • Traditional multi-leg intersections
  • Rotaries, roundabouts, and continuous flow intersections
  • Signing and pavement markings
  • Maintenance of traffic during construction
  • Widening, surfacing, and rehabilitation
  • Safety improvements
  • Context-sensitive design solutions
  • Streetscape design
  • Bicycle lanes and multiuse paths
  • Street lighting
  • Route planning and alternatives analysis
  • Value engineering

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