DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Finding Allegheny County [42 Pa.B. 1478]
[Saturday, March 17, 2012]Under section 2002(b) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 512(b)), the Director of the Bureau of Project Delivery as delegated by the Secretary of Transportation makes the following written finding:
The Department of Transportation (Department) plans to replace the superstructure and rehabilitate the existing stone masonry substructure units of the South Highland Avenue Bridge within the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. The bridge passes over Ellsworth Avenue, the Martin Luther King, Jr., East Busway and a Norfolk Southern rail line. Work on South Highland Avenue will include approximately 150 feet of approach roadway replacement along with bridge approach slabs and sidewalk reconstruction. Additionally, the project will include lowering approximately 370 feet of Ellsworth Avenue to achieve a 14-foot 6-inch vertical clearance under the new superstructure of the South Highland Avenue Bridge. The South Highland Avenue Bridge contributes to the Pennsylvania Mainline Railroad, a National Register of Historic Places resource.
The Department will clean and rehabilitate the original stone masonry abutments and pier to the standards of the Secretary of Interior, salvage and reuse the plaque from the 1925 structure, stamp the Pennsylvania Mainline Railroad Logo into the concrete parapets, paint the steel elements of the structure black or gray, and place an interpretive plaque on or near the structure providing a brief overview of the history and significance of the Pennsylvania Mainline Railroad.
No adverse environmental effect is likely to result from the proposed action.
BRIAN G. THOMPSON, P.E.,
Director
Bureau of Project Delivery[Pa.B. Doc. No. 12-502. Filed for public inspection March 16, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]
