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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Daryl Devick, CIP Manager
DATE: February 17, 2016
SUBJECT:
A resolution authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, the City of Aurora, and the Aurora Township Highway Department regarding the replacement of the bridge at Farnsworth Avenue and the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88).
PURPOSE:
To authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the aforementioned agreement.
BACKGROUND:
The Illinois Tollway intends to remove and replace the Farnsworth Avenue bridge over I-88 with a longer structure so as to accommodate the potential future widening of the Toll Highway, and to make certain ramp and interchange configuration improvements modifying the interchange from a "full cloverleaf" arrangement to a "partial cloverleaf" arrangement in order to improve traffic flow and enhance safety for the motorists using the Toll Highway as well as pedestrians utilizing Farnsworth Avenue (Exhibit 'C'). The interchange modification will consist of the removal of the two (2) loop ramps located to the east of Farnsworth Avenue and the creation of two (2) new signalized intersections along Farnsworth Avenue to accommodate the east bound I-88 to northbound Farnsworth Avenue and the northbound Farnsworth Avenue to westbound I-88 movements. The proposed bridge will be approximately 270'-6" in length of superstructure and deck over the Toll Highway, and shall have a raised profile which will provide a minimum of 16'-5" vertical clearance from the existing Toll Highway to the bottom of the new bridge structure. Two (2) 12' through traffic lanes, a 10' shoulder and a 10' multi-use path with barrier protection on Farnsworth Avenue and a pedestrian safe wall on the outer parapet will be constructed northbound. The bridge will feature the ILLINOIS TOLLWAY's standard bridge aesthetics. Two (2) 12' through traffic lanes, a 12' auxiliary lane, a 10' shoulder, and a barrier wall on t...
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