by

Fred Swift

Hamilton County Reporter

East-west highways will continue to be a major focus of the Hamilton County Highway Department during this construction season.

Highway Director Brad Davis says the 146th Street corridor across the county should be completed this year when the section from Towne Road to the Boone County Line is finished.

In the northern part of the county, work will continue on 236th Street, with the section from Deming Road to DeVaney Road scheduled for this year. Eventually the road will be rebuilt from Cicero to Sheridan.

Work also continues on 276th Street between State Road 19 and U.S. 31 to provide a better east-west corridor.

By the spring of next year, a new interchange, now underway, at State Road 37 and 146th Street should be completed. It is part of the county’s plan to make SR 37 a freeway without grade level intersections from Noblesville to Interstate 69.

The next interchange will be underway next year at 131st Street and SR 37.

Bridge improvements this year include a new deck for Carrigan Road over Morse Reservoir, now underway, and resurfacing of bridges at 116th Street over White River and 266th Street over Cicero Creek.

Most noticeable will be new resurfacing of nearly 40 miles of county roads and chip sealing of another 50 miles, Davis says.

One roundabout is planned for construction this year at 191st Street and Grassy Branch Road near Westfield.

This week, the highway department received word that the Department of Natural Resources has granted the county $1 million for building a section of the Steven Nation Trail. That grant will allow construction of the foot trail from Cicero to Koteewi Park at Strawtown.