Wednesday, April 07, 1999
Part of road closes to stop erosion, slide
Project begins next week
BY SAUNDRA AMRHEIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
WAYNE TOWNSHIP — A portion of Corwin Road will be closed next week until about June to prevent it from one day washing away.
The Warren County Engineer's Office is paying Trend Construction of Sharonville $188,153 to drill 100 pier walls to strengthen a stretch of Corwin between Gard and Elbon roads.
Spots along the 550-foot stretch of roadway have eroded and caused small pieces of Corwin Road to buckle and slide down the hillside toward the Little Miami River.
The contract, awarded to Trend Construction by the county commission last month, calls for the company to drill holes into the bedrock along the side of the road, said County Engineer Neil Tunison.
The 8- to 10-foot-deep holes will then be filled with reinforced steel and concrete to prevent the soil from erod ing further, Mr. Tunison said. The piers work by stabilizing and locking in the soil between the concrete blocks.
After the work, Corwin Road will be reconstructed and repaved.
The work is scheduled to begin Monday and last until June 1. The two-lane road between Gard and Elbon roads will be closed during that time. Traffic will be detoured to Oregonia and Clarksville roads and Ohio 73.
There have been no accidents along the road, but the county wants to prevent them, Mr. Tunison said. In the past, the county has repaved the spots that have fallen away from erosion. About 3 inches have crumbled away so far.
“We've really had wet summers and winters, for that matter,” he said. “The subsurface water has increased over the years and contributed to (the erosion).”
Information, Vickie Trimbach, engineer's office: (513) 695-1364.
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