Item 39 - Relocation Plan for Fairview Bridge Replacement and Street Improvements

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Fairview Bridge Replacement and Street Improvements: Relocation Plan 3 B. Project Site Location and Description The Project site is on Fairview Street between 9th Street and 16th Street. (See Figure 2: Project Site Location) The Project Site is located approximately 1.5 miles south of State Route 22 (SR-22), 2.5 miles west of Interstate 5 (I-5) and 4.8 miles north of Interstate 405 (I- 405). Santa Ana is the County Seat and is the second largest city in Orange County and eleventh largest in California.1 The Fairview Bridge Replacement and Street Improvements (9th Street to 16th Street) Project (Project) consists of a north/south major arterial located in the northwestern portion of the City. South of 9th Street, Fairview Street provides three lanes in each direction that are reduced to two lanes in each direction north of 9th Street, across the existing four-lane bridge, to 16th Street. The Fairview Street segment between 9th Street and 16th Street is the only constraint for Fairview Street to be built out to its planned width of six lanes. This condition causes a traffic “bottleneck” during peak hours. Additionally, the project will provide adequate line of sight (safe viewing distance) for vehicles turning onto Fairview Street from 9th Street. View obstructions taller than 2.5 ft (such as a property wall) would be removed to maintain line of sight. Lastly, there are no sidewalks, bikeways, or lighting on the existing bridge. Pedestrians and bicyclists currently use the roadway shoulder to cross the bridge. The proposed Project includes replacing the Fairview Street bridge over the Santa Ana River and widening Fairview Street between 9th Street and 16th Street. The proposed Project would widen Fairview Street from two lanes in each direction to three lanes in each direction in Santa Ana. The Fairview Street bridge would be replaced with a new six-lane bridge (three lanes in each direction), including a complete bridge deck with barrier rails, sidewalks, bicycle lanes, a raised landscaped median, and lighting. The proposed bridge would be expanded from approximately 52 feet (ft) to 100 ft in width and would have the same roadway profile as the existing bridge. The eight pier walls that support the existing bridge would be removed, and four new pier walls would be constructed to support the new bridge. 1 City of Santa Ana website: https://www.santa-ana.org/library/services/facts-and-figures, accessed January 21, 2022.