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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 00-2229

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Finding

[30 Pa.B. 6663]

Philadelphia

   Pursuant to the provisions of 71 P. S. Section 2002(b), the Secretary of Transportation makes the following written finding:

   The Department of Transportation and the City of Philadelphia plan to replace the Germantown Avenue Bridge, which crosses over the Wissahickon Creek in the City of Philadelphia.

   The proposed bridge replacement includes the demolition of the existing Germantown Avenue Bridge, which has been determined to be a contributing element to the Fairmount Park and Chestnut Hill Historic Districts, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The selection of the replacement on a modified south approach alignment alternative minimizes the impact to both Chestnut Hill and Fairmount Park Historic Districts, Section 4(f) and Section 2002 resources, and best preserves the historicity of the circa 1786 bridge piers.

   The project boundaries extend from the northern entrance to Chestnut Hill College on the northeast side of the Creek to the intersection of Hillcrest Avenue on the southeast quadrant of the bridge. The southeast corner of the Project is predominantly residential and commercial. The Germantown Avenue Bridge Replacement provides a primary link between residential neighborhoods on the east side of the Wissahickon Creek with the Chestnut Hill and Fairmount Park Historic Districts. The replacement bridge is being designed to be aesthetically compatible with the adjacent Historic Districts, and it will not substantially impair protected attributes or contributing elements of these adjacent cultural resources.

   The replacement structure is anticipated to be a three span, continuous, composite, curved steel plate girder. In summary, the superstructure will be replaced with one travel lane and one bicycle lane in each direction; pedestrian facilities will be incorporated over the length of the Project; left turn lanes will be constructed at Hillcrest Avenue and Sugarloaf slope; sidewalks on both sides, the Western sidewalk being a separate pedestrian bridge which leads directly to the Fairmount Park Trailhead; and minimal disturbance to the surrounding Wissahickon landscaping.

   I have considered the environmental, economic, social, and other effects of the proposed project as enumerated in Section 2002 of the Administrative Code, and have concluded that there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the project as designed, and all reasonable steps have been taken to minimize such effect.

   No adverse environmental effect is likely to result from the construction of this project.

BRADLEY L. MALLORY,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-2229. Filed for public inspection December 22, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]


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