East End Indiana Approach
September 24, 2008 - A team of environmental specialists is combing the Utica, Jeffersonville, Indiana area, looking for evidence of wetlands affected by the Ohio River Bridges Project. The crew, certified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to recognize wetlands, is looking for soil, plant life and water that could indicate the presence of a wetland.
Two environmental specialists and a surveyor are walking 195 acres that fall within the footprint of the Ohio River Bridges Project. The search area, from the existing I-265 interchange at Highway 62 to the Ohio River, is crossed by three separate Lentzier Creek tributaries. The team, from Burgess & Niple Engineering firm, which oversees the Indiana approach to the East End Bridge, uses flags to mark potential wetland boundaries and then electronically maps the area using GPS technology.
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April 2, 2008 - A drilling rig capable of retrieving soil samples from
as deep as 90-feet below ground will be at work in Southern Indiana this week performing
preparatory work for the Ohio River Bridges Project. "We're searching for bedrock
along the corridor where we will build the new-terrain highway," says Paul
Boone, the Bridges' project manager for the Indiana Department of Transportation.
"This is step one in determining the foundation for the highway that will connect
IN-265 to the new East End Bridge on the Indiana side."
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September 2007 - A key component to the planning and design of East End Indiana
Approach Section of the Ohio River Bridges Project is nearing completion. The Swartz
Farm Rural Historic District Preservation Plan will be completed later this year.
The writing of the Historic Preservation Plan (HPP), which is to serve as a guidance
document for project engineers and incorporate Context-Sensitive Design into the
new interstate corridor, is being developed by Kevin Senninger of Ratio Architects
with assistance from the Indiana Historic Preservation Advisory Team (IHPAT).
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June 2006 - Aerial photography of the East End Indiana Approach, completed
in March, will give engineers a framework for topographical surveying in the area.
The photography covers an area about three miles wide and 10 miles long. Limited
topographical surveying has taken place so that the Indiana Department of Transportation
(INDOT) could begin making right-of-way acquisitions. When INDOT completes survey
contract negotiations - possibly by early July - more extensive surveying can begin.
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