Michigan Boulevard

Michigan City, Indiana

This 2-mile project rehabilitated Michigan Boulevard from 440 feet east Carroll Avenue to SR 212. The main elements of the project included milling the existing asphalt overlay, analyzing the existing underneath concrete pavement, making necessary concrete patches and retrofit load transfer bar installation at joints and cracks, and installing new asphalt. Additional elements of the project included new storm sewer, a new multi-use path, and approximately 1 mile of a center 2-way left-turn lane. New traffic signal equipment was installed at Roeske Avenue and Johnson Road. The project consisted of over 21,000 tons of QC/QA HMA pavement, 1,400 sys of PCCP patching, 5,900 lft of new storm sewer, 6,100 lft of concrete curb and gutter, 1,200 sys of concrete multi use path, 4,400 tons of HMA for widening, and 1,400 sys of concrete center curb. The project was opened to traffic in October of 2014. Utility and Railroad coordination was necessary for completion of the project.