Title
Resolution to Submit Funding Applications under the State of Michigan Local Bridge Program for the Replacement of the E. Stadium Bridges
Memorandum
We have prepared the Local Bridge Program funding application for submittal to the Michigan Department of Transportation for their consideration and their assistance with the reconstruction of the E. Stadium Boulevard Bridges. The attached resolution supports the submittal of the application.
The deadline for delivery of the 2012 Local Bridge Program funding applications is June 1, 2009. Approval of this resolution does not obligate the City to expend any funds at this time.
Background
The Stadium Boulevard Bridge over S. State Street, built in 1917, and the Bridge over the Ann Arbor Railroad tracks, built in 1928 are a few hundred feet apart. Both Bridges are structurally deficient and functionally obsolete, i.e. they are beyond minor or major repair conditions and must be replaced. The Bridge over State Street has a Federal Sufficiency Rating (FSR) of 2 out of 100 (with 100 being a new bridge). Any bridge with FSR of 50 or below must be considered for total replacement. Both Bridges have inadequate vertical clearance with the bridge columns that are too close to the both the roadway and the railroad tracks beneath presenting a hazard to the travelling public.
In the last several years, the City has reduced the allowable load limits on the Stadium Bridge over S. State Street several times and prohibited the heavy trucks from using the bridges. In March 2009, the City permanently reduced the traffic lanes on the Bridges from 4-to-2 lanes for the public’s safety.
Project Funding
In 2005 the City applied for the State of Michigan Local Bridge Program fund for the replacement of the two bridges at E. Stadium Boulevard. In September 2006 the City hired a design engineering firm to begin the preliminary design phase of the project that included the replacement of the two bridges, reconstruction of E. S...
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