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ANGELA BOULEVARD BRIDGE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY BRIDGE 211 OVER ST. JOSEPH RIVER SECTION 106 COORDINATION Section 106 Coordination began with Early Coordination Letters (documentation) sent to twenty - five review agencies on June 1, 2001 with a request for responses by August 1, 2001. Historic resource agencies sent such documentation and asked to comment were: Historic Preservation Commission John Oxian Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Todd Zeiger Northern Indiana Historical Society Cheryl Taylor St. Joseph County Historian Mary Renshaw Society for the Preservation of Old Mills, Mishawaka Fred Beals Historic New Carlisle Susan Spier Osceola Historic Society Wendy Kelver- Sheets Michiana Jewish Historical Society Roger Birdsell As part of Early Coordination, we have received responses from the first three historic resource agencies (letters attached) and have had phone conversations with representatives of Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana and the staff of the Historic Preservation Commission. The following outline lists recommendations from these two agencies (in italics) and our response. 1. Renderings of the proposed bridge indicated that the proposed floor beams were one less in number per span as the original bridge. The aspect is important to the historic interests and we would like to see the same number and placement. We have reviewed this matter and have concluded that we can modify our placement of the beams to reflect the same number and the basic symmetry of the existing bridge. There is not adequate room at the crown of the arch in each span to place the floorbeam; however, we can provide an architectural treatment at this location that will look like the other floorbeams from the outside. The adjacent floorbeams will be 9 feet apart and this will be adequate to support the total slab span of 18 feet. We will place floorbeams at the piers in a position close to the original. Each span will be symmetrical and contain the same number of beams as presently exists. Design plans will be modified to reflect this request. 2. The Commission staff asked if the existing railing on the bridge could_ be salvaged and re -used in the rehabilitation of Angela Boulevard Bridge? The existing railing is a concrete railing, which was tied to the slab with reinforcing steel. The contractor must remove the entire slab as well as the floorbeams because of their deteriorated condition. Being made of reinforced concrete, they could not be easily removed, protected from damage during the removal process and reinstalled into the new slab. Consequently once the slab is poured, new railing will be placed. The decorative rail that we are proposing is the Railing Type TX, which has passed the crash tests at the Texas Transportation Institute and as such is allowed by FHWA (Federal Highway