Project Name

Project Description

Project Purpose

Anticipated Cost

Extend the Heyward Allen Parkway cul-de-sac to Mitchell Bridge Road.  The project will continue the four-lane divided roadway with bicycle lanes and sidewalk on both sides of the roadway.  A new half diamond interchange will also be constructed with the SR 10 Loop to provide access to and egress from point north of Atlanta Highway.

There is currently a three mile distance between the Tallassee Road and Atlanta Highway interchanges along SR10 Loop.  This distance requires vehicles from the north to either exit SR10 Loop early at Tallassee Road and travel along several Athens-Clarke County roadways or exit at Atlanta Highway and backtrack to a commercial center located around the Heyward Allen Parkway/Atlanta Highway intersection.  The new interchange will reduce travel time and VMT by approximately 30 percent.

$15 million dollars (assuming only using federal funds for the design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction in 2012)

Current estimate of $9.7 million assumes construction-only costs in 2010 based on current prices.

Mitchell Bridge Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements

Widen Mitchell Bridge Road between Auburn Parkway and Tallassee Road to allow for 5 foot bicycle lanes and for a five (5) feet sidewalk along the north side of the corridor.

There are numerous residential communities off of Mitchell Bridge Road that have no other access point.  Furthermore, these neighborhoods have little pedestrian and bicycle facilities to provide for alternatives to the automobile. This project will create a network of sidewalks and bicycle lanes that connect to an existing system along Tallassee Road/Oglethorpe Avenue.

Note: A significant section of Mitchell Bridge Road will be reconstructed as part of the SR 10 Loop Connector Interchange project and this project will extend those bicycle and pedestrian improvements

$1.5 million for Bicycle and Pedestrian improvements only. 

This project does not include any widening or improvements south of Auburn Parkway

College Station Road Bicycle Lanes

The construction of five (5) feet wide bicycle lanes along College Station Road between Research Drive and Barnett Shoals Road

Over the past five years, an extensive bicycle network has been constructed to connect the eastside to the UGA campus.  Currently, bicycle lanes exist on Riverbend Road, Research Drive, and College Station Road between East Campus Road and Research Drive.  This section of the corridor will complete the bicycle network to the eastside commercial area.

$2.3 million

Rails-to-Trails

The conversion of the former rail bed between Dudley Park and over to Barnett Shoals Road to a multi-use path that is at least twelve (12) feet wide.

To extend the current bicycle transportation network ending at the Barnett Shoals Road/Lexington Road intersection to the Multimodal Transportation Center along East Broad Street.

$1.1 million (in addition to the already obligated SPLOST and Federal Earmark funds.)