State: ILLINOIS

Agency: ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - DISTRICT 8

Project and/or Route Name: ILL. 3, WATERLOO BYPASS - MONROE COUNTY

Dates: 1990 - 1993

Rural and/or Urban: RURAL (7.3 MILES); URBAN (1.2 MILES)

Length: 8.5 MILES

Type of Improvement: TWO-LANE AND FIVE-LANE BYPASS, FOUR-LANE RELOCATION

Firm's Project Manager: MICHAEL G. BRUCE, P.E., L.S., VICE PRESIDENT, FIRM PRINCIPAL

Firm's Project Engineer: MAURICE L. JORDAN, P.E., PROJECT DESIGN ENGINEER

Project Description: Preparation of construction and right-of-way plans for the relocation of Illinois Route 3 from south of Waterloo, Illinois northwards to the existing four-lane roadway at Gilmore Lake Road. This included a two-lane rural relocation, 3.6 miles long, located west of Waterloo along an abandoned railroad for part of its length and intersection with ILL. 156 at grade. This intersection was a curb and gutter section. At the north commercial edge of Waterloo an intersection with old ILL. 3 was constructed along with 1.2 miles of five-lane urban roadway including commercial and residential street access, storm sewers and maintenance of traffic as the new roadway lay over and along the existing road, however at different grade and alignment. North of this commercial area a 3.7 mile divided four-lane section, weaving back and forth across the existing roadway, was planned. Five stages of construction and several small detour ramps and crossovers were used to maintain traffic.

The Consultant was responsible for:

1. Field surveys, including DBE ROW surveys.

2. All necessary office work to provide grade, drain, surfacing plans and special provisions for construction of the project.

3. Geotechnical investigations by sub-contract.

4. Maintenance of traffic plans, including staged construction details and detours.

5. Signing and striping plans.

6. Preparation of drainage situations and calculations and compiling drainage folders for the project.

7. Structural design of improved inlets.

8. Right-of-way plans, including preparation of deeds and plats for each parcel and a Statutory Plat of Highways to be filed.

The Department was responsible for:

1. Photogrammetric services, including manuscripts.

2. Tree replacement plans.

3. Pavement design.

4. Title commitments.

5. An approved Design Report showing geometrics and design guidelines.