Cuyahoga County: North Main Street Bridge replacement in Chagrin Falls (PID 96956)
Cuyahoga County: North Main Street Bridge replacement in Chagrin Falls (PID 96956)
Una versión en español del sitio web está disponible aquí; https://publicinput.com/96956esp
Thank you for your participation!
Thank you for your participation in the public involvement process! We received over 30 comments from the public following our virtual open house meeting. Our next step is to have a meeting with the Section 106 Consulting Parties to discuss the impacts to the historic district, the comments received, their concerns, and mitigation options. The county will respond to the comments received following the Consulting Parties meeting. If you submitted a comment you will receive a letter response to the comments.
Responses to all public comments now available to view and download.
The comment response document is located under the "Documents" section located in the sidebar of this project webpage or by clicking here.
See below for additional project details/information.
Project Description
The Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works (CCDPW) proposes to reevaluate the rehabilitation of the North Main Street Bridge over the Chagrin River, in the Village of Chagrin Falls. The existing structure is a two-span, closed-spandrel stone arch bridge constructed in 1857. It has been rehabilitated and modified over its service life. The rehabilitation work will include lining the existing stone barrel arches with precast concrete segments, encasing the sandstone piers with concrete headwalls, removing the existing cantilevered sidewalks and railing on both sides of the structure, installing new sidewalks and decorative metal railing on both sides of the structure, and refacing the existing retaining walls along the Chagrin River on the north and south sides of the river adjacent to the North Main Street Bridge (east side).
Temporary right-of-way will be required for construction. There are two parks within the project area - Riverside Park and Bell Street Park. Traffic will be maintained during construction using part-width techniques for the duration of the proposed project.
Funding:
Current estimate $3.8 Million for construction. Federal share 80%, Local share 20% through the ODOT Local Bridge Program
Next Steps:
Stage 2 Design – April 2021
Environmental Document Approval – Winter 2021
Final Design – Summer 2022
Sale – Fall 2022
Begin Construction – Spring 2023
End Construction – Fall 2024
Visit the project page on ODOT's website for more information: https://www.transportation.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odot/projects/projects/96956.
How can you participate?
Use the tabs below to review project information and participate in our Virtual Open House. Click the green Continue button to advance through the information. You will be able to revisit this project page until March 5th. After that date, the page may be removed. ODOT's project page (link above) will remain active until construction of the project.
If you have any difficulties viewing the materials presented or prefer to have materials mailed to you, please contact:
Megan Moeller at Megan.Moeller@hdrinc.com or at 614-839-5778.
Individuals who require interpretation services or reasonable accommodation to participate in this virtual meeting should contact Linda Gabauer at 330-786-2201 as soon as possible.
Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.
Si desea que los materiales para esta reunión son traducidos a español, contacte a Christine Rosa tan pronto que sea posible a Christine.Rosa@dot.ohio.gov o por teléfono a 216-584-2001.
Please submit comments by March 5, 2021!
Thank you! We look forward to hearing from you.
Project History
In 2015, the Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works began preliminary engineering and environmental studies/coordination for addressing the deficient bridge on North Main Street. An Alternative Evaluation Report (AER) was completed which evaluated three alternatives:
- Alternative 1 – Bridge Rehabilitation
- Alternative 2 – Adaptive Re-use, where the structure is built inside of the arches
- Alternative 3 – Complete Replacement
- Alternative 4 – No build
Alternative 1 (2015) includes the repair of the existing structure and replacement of the sidewalk and supporting the structural system. Work includes the replacement of the broken and missing stones and mortar, patching of spalled concrete, waterproofing inside of the arch, and replacing the sidewalk system.
Alternative 2 (2015) includes installing a new structure system inside of the arches to carry the live load, thereby removing the load from the stone arches. Work includes replacing broken and missing stones and mortar and other improvements to the aesthetics of the existing arch.
Alternative 3 (2015) would replace the existing structure with a new two-span precast arch structure having a similar span configuration.
The AER included an evaluation of the three alternatives. Each alternative was evaluated for the structure itself, maintenance of traffic, constructability, environmental impacts, hydraulic effects, utility conflicts, aesthetic enhancements, and impacts to the local community. 
Based on the evaluation of the alternatives, Alternative 2 – Adaptive Re-use was recommended as the preferred alternative.
The environmental review was conducted on this alternative. The original environmental document was approved on 5/31/2017.
The design continued and was completed on this alternative.
Subsequently, the project as designed was put out for sale. Only one bid was received by the County for the construction of the bridge and the bid was twice the amount of the available funding.
The County determined that it would then proceed with a new alternative, Alternative 1 (2020) – Rehabilitation. The work includes lining the stone barrel arches with precast concrete segments, encasing the sandstone piers with concrete headwalls, removal of the existing cantilevered sidewalks and railing on both sides of the structure, installing new sidewalks and decorative metal railing, and reface the existing retaining walls along the Chagrin River on the north and south sides of the river adjacent to the North Main Street Bridge (east side). Stones will not be repaired/replaced as previously proposed. Nothing on the fascia of the existing structure will be visible once the project is complete. The new headwalls will encase the existing structure. A form-liner will be used to replicate the stone appearance on the new headwalls.
The environmental impacts are now being re-evaluated based on the new Rehabilitation alternative.
Above: North Main Street Bridge current conditions.