Client
Pike County

Location
Beaver, Ohio

Services
Roadway Design
Utility Coordination
Surveying Services

The Pike County Engineer’s Office, through a quality based selection process, selected Carpenter Marty Transportation to provide engineering design services for this project. Germany Road is a two-lane minor rural collector located approximately five miles east of Piketon. The existing roadway has been reduced to a one-lane, two-way configuration because of a slide that collapsed a portion of the roadway. The project involved the improvement of 4600’ of the existing roadway, with approximately half of the project widening the existing pavement and the remainder as full depth pavement replacement. The project included a minor realignment of the existing roadway to move the proposed roadway away from the slide area and the construction of four retaining walls with a combined length of 2870’. The existing terrain adjacent to the project area is extremely hilly, and the design of a roadway profile that limited the amount of grading work was critical to avoid destabilizing the existing slopes. An active CSX railroad runs parallel to Germany Road at the south end of the project and in some areas is within 23’ of the existing pavement edge. The construction of a retaining wall along the roadway was the only feasible option to avoid impacts to the railroad. The project also included grading, drainage, traffic control, improved lane and shoulder widths, and superelevation correction. This project is currently under construction.