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McCord Road Underpass Project

McCord Road Underpass

Thursday, August 14, 2014

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Welcome

ODOT Construction

• Theresa Pollick, Public Information Officer

• Douglas Raby, P.E. Area Engineer

• Daniel Kelsey, P.E. Project Engineer

ODOT – Administrative

Lucas County Engineers Office

• Keith Early, P.E. Lucas County Engineer

• Jeff Lohse, P.E. Chief Deputy Engineer

Project History

1994: TMACOG & the Lucas County Engineers

Office identified the rail crossing at McCord

Road as a safety and congestion concern.

Estimated 100 trains per day

Both Train and vehicle traffic are projected to

increase.

State Railroad Grade Separation Funding

became available: Lucas County Engineers

office and TMACOG applied.

Project Basics

A project to construct an underpass at McCord

Road and the Norfolk-Southern railroad track

Build a roundabout at North Mall Drive/Hall

Street.

Prime Contractor: Beaver Excavating

Company

Project Cost: $24.3 Million

Start: August 4, 2014

Complete: November 2016

McCord Road Today

McCord Rd Winter 2016

Construction Timeline

2014

Now through December

• Intermittent lane restrictions on McCord Road

from Airport Highway to Angola Road

• Lane restrictions possible on N. Mall Drive

• Crews build temporary railroad track foundation

& temporary roadway (S. Holland Park

Boulevard)

• Restrictions will be for moving equipment

ODOT Project McCord Rd

Stage 1

Construction Timeline

2015 McCord

• Spring 2015 – McCord Road/Hall/Mall Drive

75 DAY CLOSURE

McCord Road at North Mall Drive & Hall

Street will be closed to construct

roundabout

• Accommodate Springfield Local Schools

• Detour: Airport Highway; Holland-Sylvania

Road; Angola Road

Construction Timeline

2015

• 75 Day Closure

North Mall Drive at the west entrance to

Wal*mart

Summer 2015

Construction Timeline

2015 – Early Spring-Fall 2015

• Stage 2: Preliminary construction of stage 2

will start in March 2015

• Stage 2 has 4 phases including:

The closures of McCord Road -North Mall

Drive – Hall Street from May through August.

• The pump station construction will begin

early 2015 as well.

ODOT Project McCord Rd

Stage 2

ODOT Project McCord Rd

Stage 2: Pedestrian Plan

Construction Timeline

• Stage 3: Fall 2015-Spring 2016

• Roundabout at McCord Road and Mall

Drive/Hall opens

• Temporary road (Holland Park Roadway) will

be open

• McCord will remain closed through August

2016

ODOT Project 140236 McCord Rd

Stage 3

Construction Timeline

Stage 4

Remaining portion of McCord Road, north of

the roundabout, will be completed by end of

September 2016

Remove temporary road, temporary railroad

tracks and resurface the project.

ODOT Project 140236 McCord Rd

Stage 4

Roundabout Video

Nearby ODOT Projects

• I-475 Bridge Widening Projects

• TWO CLOSURES OF ANGOLA ROAD

SEPTEMBER 2014 - 90 day Closure of Angola at

I-475.

• SPRING 2015 - 90 day Closure of Angola at

I-475.

Detour: McCord; Airport Hwy; Holland-Sylvania

Nearby ODOT Projects

• I-475 Bridge Widening Projects

• Possibility of Angola Road and McCord Road

begin closed at the same time

• GOAL is to minimize this possibility

Public Information

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