Portion of Route 1055 to be closed July 6

The Douglas County Public Works Department announces that beginning Monday, July 6, Route 1055 (E 1700 Road) will be closed to through traffic between N 500 Road and N 600 Road for initial project work to replace a large box culvert 0.1 miles north of N 500 Road and for pavement replacement and rehabilitation.  The closure will be from the north side of the N 500 Road intersection to the south side of the N 600 Road intersection.  Each intersection will remain open for this initial project work. A signed detour for the closure will be established.  The signed detour will follow US-56 highway, US-59 highway, and Route 460 (N 650 Rd/N 600 Rd).

This initial work is part of a larger project, which also includes Route 1055 pavement rehabilitation from Route 12 (N 400 Road) to N 700 Road at Vinland.  Following the initial work between N 500 Road and N 600 Road, Route 1055 will be closed from Route 12 (N 400 Road) to the N 600 Road intersection.  This closure is currently anticipated to begin in early-September, weather permitting.  For pavement rehabilitation work between N 600 Road and N 700 Road, Route 1055 will remain open with one-lane traffic controlled by flaggers and pilot vehicle.  This work is currently anticipated to commence in late-August, weather permitting.  The entire project is anticipated to be completed by early-November, weather permitting.

The purpose of the project is to replace the large concrete box culvert approximately 0.1 miles north of N 500 Road with a single-span concrete girder bridge, reconstruct the pavement from N 500 Road to approximately ½-mile north of N 500 Road including paved shoulders, and milling, patching and overlaying the remaining pavement in the three-mile long project length.  The work also includes channel stabilization at the bridge 0.1 miles north of N 500 Road.  Roadside safety will be improved in the vicinity of the bridge by construction of a bridge rail and approach guard rail.  A separate project constructed earlier this spring included removing trees within the road right-of-way between N 500 Road and N 600 Road, replacing nine narrow culverts, and construction of paved shoulders at the Route 1055/N 600 Road intersection.

The project is funded by Douglas County’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) along with $165,000 in funds provided by the US Fish & Wildlife Service for stream channel stabilization work.  The Board of County Commissioners awarded the contract to Hamm, Inc., who submitted the low bid of $1,795,709.10.