/ Hocking Hills News and Information, Map Downloads,Area videos,Event forum, Photo Galleries en-gb 2010-09-10T09:44:59-04:00 admin@nospam.com hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.hockinghillsnews.com/news.php?item.28.1 2010-09-10T09:44:59-04:00 hockinghillsnews Upcoming Events in the Hocking Hills Area http://www.hockinghillsnews.com/news.php?item.30.1 2010-09-10T09:44:59-04:00 hockinghillsnews UPDATE 8/19/2010 http://www.hockinghillsnews.com/news.php?item.18.2 2010-09-10T09:44:59-04:00 hockinghillsnews OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDistrict 10 • 338 Muskingum Drive • Marietta, Ohio 45750 • http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Districts/D10 US 33 Nelsonville Bypass Groundbreaking: Nelsonville_Bypass_Info.pdfPhase Details October 13, 2009 marked the official groundbreaking for Phase II and III of the Nelsonville Bypass, Ohio's largest single investment of stimulus funds. Click HERE to view news release.Phase I UpdatePhase I of the Bypass (non-stimulus project) has been completed.Phase II UpdateUPDATE July 2010 - To date, Kokosing Construction Company has excavated more than 1.1 million cubic yards of dirt and embankment. In addition, the new alignment requires two valleys to be filled with more than 3 million cubic yards of dirt. “We have three crews aggressively excavating dirt,” said ODOT Project Engineer Cary Betzing. “In a ten hour shift we can excavate up to twenty-four thousand cubic yards of dirt.”UPDATE April 2010 - All the trees on Phase II have been cleared and Kokosing has brought in their large earth-moving equipment to start excavating the three mile section of the bypass. UPDATE December 2009 - Kokosing has begun clearing and grubbing and will start bridge work after the holidays.On August 27, 2009 Phase II of the Nelsonville bypass was awarded to Kokosing Construction Company for $45.2 million. Phase II consistst of 3.16 miles of four-lane highway earth work and 4.56 miles of four-lane paving plus the west interchange. Construction on Phase II will begin October 2009.Phase III UpdateUPDATE July 2010 - The larger of the two phases, Beaver Excavating has excavated more than 3.2 million cubic yards of dirt and embankment since October 2009. A unique construction feature of Phase III includes mine grouting, in which Phase III requires an estimated 500,000 cubic yards of grout to fill old abandoned mine voids. “At one time Nelsonville had a huge coal mining industry,” explained Daniel McDonald, ODOT Project Engineer. “However, there were minimal mining regulations in the early 1900’s and many of the mines were just abandoned. These old mine voids need to be filled to prevent any slippage along the highway.”UPDATE April 2010 - Crews continued to work over the winter months clearing trees and moving earth. To date, more than 2.1 million yards of dirt have been moved on the project. As well, the approach slabs for the twin bridges on Twp Rd 36 have been completed and the approach slabs for the new SR 691 bridge are currently being constructed. Finally, embankment work is being done on the section of new SR 78.Pictures of bridge work on Phase III - New alignment of SR 691 bridge over Hocking River; photo of CR 11 overpass bridge workOn August 6, 2009 Beaver Excavating from Canton, Ohio was awarded the $92.88 million contract for Phase III of the US 33 Nelsonville Bypass - the single largest stimulus investment project in Ohio with a total investment of $150 million. Construction is slated to begin September 2009. Phase III will begin near Doanville and focus on constructing 3.87 miles of four-lane highway. Also included in Phase three is the construction of the US 33 / SR 78 / SR 691 interchange. The project will reroute SR 78 1.63 miles through the Happy Hollow Area to form the interchange.Phase II and Phase II are scheduled for completion on July 31, 2013 http://www.hockinghillsnews.com/news.php?item.29.1 2010-09-10T09:44:59-04:00 hockinghillsnews Estimated cost for infrastructure about $270,000 http://www.hockinghillsnews.com/news.php?item.26.2 2010-09-10T09:44:59-04:00 hockinghillsnews APRIL 5th http://www.hockinghillsnews.com/news.php?item.21.2 2010-09-10T09:44:59-04:00 hockinghillsnews Lake Hope State Park is truly a nature lover's dream http://www.hockinghillsnews.com/news.php?item.20.2 2010-09-10T09:44:59-04:00 hockinghillsnews The Athens Messenger