Uptown Transportation Study - OKI

Planning Study ReportPart B: Interstate 71 Access Improvement Study, PID 77628Table 8: Bridge General Appraisal RatingsStructure File NumberCountyRouteStraight Line MileageSpecial DesignationFeature IntersectedYear BuiltGeneral AppraisalInspected DateDeck Area (Square Feet)Total Number of SpansMaximum Span Length(Feet)Overal Length (Feet)Inspection Responsibility3106659 HAM 71 1.97 W US 22 to I-71 1976 8 11/26/2003 14,280 3 118 280 State3106667 HAM 71 1.97 US 22 to I-71 NB 1969 8 11/26/2003 22,800 3 118 285 State3106683 HAM 71 2.07 NB I-471 to Liberty Street 1976 8 11/26/2003 26,320 3 119 329 State3106721 HAM 71 2.26 Elsinore Place 1970 7 11/19/2003 17,143 3 89 217 State3106756 HAM 71 2.33 US 42 to I-71 NB 1970 7 11/19/2003 13,140 3 141 365 State3106780 HAM 71 2.48 LUS 42; Eden ParkEntrance 1970 7 11/17/2003 37,750 7 143 755 State3106802 HAM 71 2.48 REden Park Entrance;Florence Avenue 1970 5 11/17/2003 94,956 13 134 1158 State3114236 HAM 71 2.94 McGregor Avenue 1972 7 11/17/2003 15,650 3 106 313 State3114260 HAM 71 3.20 McMillan Street 1972 8 11/13/2003 12,648 3 90 204 State3114295 HAM 71 3.22 E Relief 1972 8 11/13/2003 4,640 3 60 160 State3114325 HAM 71 3.32 William Howard Taft Road 1972 7 11/13/2003 19,372 4 123 334 State3114368 HAM 71 3.44 Oak Street 1972 7 11/13/2003 16,306 3 110 263 State3114392 HAM 71 3.67 Lincoln Avenue 1972 8 11/13/2003 14,580 3 91 243 State3114422 HAM 71 3.81 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. 1972 7 11/12/2003 57,974 8 104 707 State3114481 HAM 71 4.03 Fredonia Avenue 1972 7 11/12/2003 15,138 2 131 261 State3114538 HAM 71 4.27 Blair Avenue 1972 7 12/8/2003 46,980 10 119 810 State3114562 HAM 71 4.50 Victory Parkway 1972 5 11/10/2003 32,708 2 111 221 State3114600 HAM 71 5.05 Woodburn Avenue 1972 7 11/10/2003 18,560 4 99 320 State3114643 HAM 71 5.51 Trimble Avenue 1972 7 11/10/2003 10,962 2 92 189 StateThis list does not include abandoned railroad bridge structures nor Lincoln Avenue or McMillan Street Structures inspected by the City of CincinnatiSee Figures 15 and 16 of Appendix C for maps illustrating the locations of bridges withvertical clearance less than the current 16’ - 6” standard.Two city bridges in the study area, McMillan Street over Reading Road and Lincoln Avenueover the former railroad right of way both received a general appraisal rating of 7 during2004-2005.The Lincoln Avenue bridge is scheduled for a new concrete deck overlay during the next4 years.4.7.4. SignageA comprehensive review of existing signage and wayfinding has been undertaken for theentire Part A study area.Uptown is bounded on the west by I-75 and the east by I-71. Both interstates serveprimarily as north-south transportation corridors with several partial-access interchangesserving Uptown. Additionally, I-74, which terminates at I-75 and Central Parkway at thewestern edge of Uptown, provides a transportation corridor to Western Hamilton County.Terminating at I-71 south of Uptown, I-471 provides the primary access to Uptown fromCampbell County and Eastern Hamilton County.Currently, there is no directional signage on either I-74 or I-471 for Uptown or specificUptown destinations. Advance information should be provided to motorists so they can plantheir route. For example, the Zoo would prefer that motorists coming in from the West, onUptown Transportation Study 29URS CorporationNovember 2006