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Historical Resources Evaluation Report <br />June 2019 Fairview Street Improvements and Bridge Replacement Project <br />I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The City of Santa Ana, in conjunction with Caltrans District 12, proposes to widen Fairview <br />Street between 9t" Street and 16t" Street, including replacing the Fairview Street bridge <br />crossing over the Santa Ana River (proposed project) in Santa Ana, California. The purpose <br />of the project is to reduce congestion and improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety on <br />Fairview Street between 9t" Street and 161" Street, consistent with the Orange County <br />Master Plan of Arterial Highways and the City's General Plan Circulation Element. <br />South of 9t" Street, Fairview Street provides three lanes in each direction, which are reduced <br />to two lanes in each direction north of 9t" Street, across the existing four -lane bridge, to 16tn <br />Street. The Fairview Street segment between 9t" Street and 16t" Street is the only constraint <br />for Fairview Street to be built out to its planned width of six lanes. This condition causes a <br />traffic bottleneck during peak hours. In addition, there are no sidewalks, bikeways, or <br />lighting on the existing bridge. Pedestrians and bicyclists currently use the roadway shoulder <br />to cross the bridge. <br />The Santa Ana River Trail (SART) runs on both sides of the Santa Ana River in the project <br />area. The SART is a Section 4(f) Resource and would be temporarily closed intermittently <br />during construction of the Project. <br />PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br />The proposed project includes widening Fairview Street between 9t" Street and 16t" Street, <br />including replacing the Fairview Street bridge over the Santa Ana River. The proposed <br />project would widen Fairview Street from two lanes in each direction to three lanes in each <br />direction in the City of Santa Ana. Fairview Street bridge would be replaced with a new six - <br />lane bridge (three lanes in each direction), including a complete bridge deck with barrier <br />rails, sidewalks, bicycle lanes, a raised median, and lighting. <br />The proposed bridge would be expanded from approximately 52 to 100 feet in width, and <br />would have the same roadway profile as the existing bridge. The eight pier walls that <br />support the existing bridge would be removed and four new pier walls would be constructed <br />to support the new bridge. <br />The proposed project would acquire partial right-of-way take from three parcels (two <br />commercial parcels [Assessor's Parcel Numbers (APN) 405-213-02 and 405-213-01] and one <br />single-family residence [APN 405-213-14]). <br />An existing 12-inch water line and a bank of 12 phone conduits cross the Santa Ana River, <br />suspended under the deck of the existing bridge. These utilities would be temporarily <br />relocated during construction and then permanently relocated to the new bridge. <br />1 <br />