Infrastructure News Summary
For June 17, 2008

LINDBERG ROAD: A TIMELINE
Journal & Courier
6/16/08

July 2001: After about eight years of discussion, a $3.3 million project to widen and otherwise improve Lindberg Road from Northwestern Avenue to McCormick Road begins.
May 2002: Construction stops while engineers try to solve a weak subsoil problem, which is making the north side of the road settle deeper and faster than the south side.
Fall 2002: Numerous experts, including engineering faculty and students at Purdue University, suggest ways to fix the problem. INDOT and city officials agree to use a Maryland-based company's proposed fix, which includes a crushed stone-based support system with concrete columns.
Winter 2002: Work restarts. The cost of project has now swelled to $5.2 million.
August 2003: Lindberg Road reopens to the public. Cost of the project -- more than $6 million.
Spring/Summer 2005: The road has settled up to 6 inches in places.
Winter 2005-06: A portion of Lindberg Road over the Celery Bog is repaved.
July 2007: Testing shows the road continues to settle unevenly over the Celery Bog.
June 2008: West Lafayette and Tippecanoe County begin plans to build a bridge on Lindberg Road where it crosses the Celery Bog. http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080617/NEWS02/806170315

MIDDLE LANE RESTRICTED ON LLOYD
WFIE
Nicole DiDonato
6/16/08

There is more construction work along the Lloyd Expressway in Evansville that could affect your morning commute. The lane restriction will affect traffic in both directions of the Lloyd running from Wabash to Fulton avenues. The closure will be going all week long until Friday. A lot has been happening on the stretch of the freeway in the past month. Road crews and demolition crews have been preparing the intersection at Lloyd and Fulton for a new $32 million interchange. In the end, the intersection at the Lloyd and Fulton will resemble that of the Lloyd and Green River interchange. http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=8496289&nav=3w6o

IND. 57 WASHED OUT, CAUSING 13-MILE DETOUR
Bloomington Herald Times
Brady Gillihan
6/16/08

About 60 feet of concrete and pavement on Ind. 57 in Greene County has been washed out by high water, and isn't expected to be replaced until the end of July. Just south of the Ind. 57 and 54 intersection, Simpson Ditch, a small creek that carries very little water other than storm drainage, pushed out the U-shaped concrete structure and several feet of asphalt away from the road, leaving only guard rails to span the distance. "It's not really a bridge. It's built more like a three-sided box: a top slab and then two sides of concrete retaining-type walls," said Cher Goodwin, public information director for Vincennes district of the Indiana Department of Transportation. Goodwin said there is no estimate yet on what the reconstruction will cost, but she did say the department's engineers and designers are coming up with plans and perusing the 2008 budget for repair money.
For more information, please call TRIAD at 1-800-288-7423.
Also, http://www.wthitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8500372