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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 06-719

NOTICES

Finding

Susquehanna County

[36 Pa.B. 2074]

   Under the provisions section 2002(b) of The Administrative Code (71 P. S. § 512(b)), the Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration makes the following written finding:

   The Department of Transportation (Department) plans to construct SR 7407, Section BRG, the T-691, Shaugh- nessy Bridge Replacement Project in Susquehanna County.

   The purpose of this bridge replacement project is to improve the safety and efficiency of the Shaughnessy Road Bridge (also known as Little Meadows Borough Bridge No. 1) to maintain local travel patterns. The existing bridge has a 6-ton weight restriction, and a deck width of 14.2 feet restricting the safe and adequate movement of various vehicle types that include emergency response vehicles, school buses and delivery trucks.

   The proposed action is to replace the existing one-lane bridge that carries T-691, Shaughnessy Road, over Apalachin Creek in Little Meadows Borough in Susquehanna County. Structure Replacement Alternative, the preferred alternative, proposes to replace the existing bridge with a two-lane, prestressed concrete box beam bridge superstructure and concrete substructure at the existing location. The replacement bridge will be 56.4 feet long and 24 feet wide with minor grade adjustments to the roadway approaches. Also included in this project are 3-R roadway improvements between the bridge and SR 0858 for a distance of approximately 1,000 feet.

   Alternatives were evaluated as required by section 2002 of The Administrative Code. The Structure Replacement Alternative has been identified as the alternative that satisfies the purpose and needs associated with this project and best balance impacts to the socio-economic, cultural and natural environment in the study area. The Structure Replacement Alternative will require the demolition of the Little Meadows Borough Bridge No. 1, a Section 2002 resource determined eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Under section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, it has been determined that the construction of the Structure Replacement Alternative will have an Adverse Effect on this Section 2002 resource. A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) has been executed between the Federal Highway Administration and the State Historic Preservation Officer and concurred with by the Department of Transportation and the Susquehanna County Historical Society. Mitigation measures stipulated in the MOA include photographic documentation of the bridge and marketing the bridge for reuse.

   The Acting Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration has 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 the effect.

RICHARD H. HOGG, P. E.,   
Acting Deputy Secretary for
Highway Administration

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-719. Filed for public inspection April 28, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]


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