The Benicia-Martinez California Toll Plaza was designed to replace an original toll booth plaza built in 1962 that could no longer meet the standards for efficient toll collection. The $22 million toll plaza features nine staffed tollbooths and a high-occupancy vehicle lane, and also includes a 24,5000-square-foot two-story administration building and two canopies, one 16,740 square feet covering the tollbooth area, and one 7,340 square feet shielding the building entrance. The project utilized approximately 55,000 square feet of 4-mm Alucobond ACM in Copper Metallic and 6,000 square feet of 4-mm Alucobond in Shimmering Teal from 3A Composites USA Inc. to clad the building walls and canopies and incorporate both the plaza’s unique curvilinear forms and changing color scheme.
Originally published: March 2010 Architect/general contractor: California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, Calif.
Metal fabricator: CSP Architectural Metals, San Ramon, Calif.
Metal installer: C/S Erectors Inc., San Ramon
Metal panels: Alcan Composites USA Inc., Mooresville, N.C., www.alucobondusa.com
